On Aug 9, 2011, at 1:23 PM, maru ca wrote: > > On Aug 9, 2011, at 11:52 AM, William H. Magill wrote: > >> In any event, it is good to see that Private Enterprise has decided to >> "support" the shared vehicle model and be a tax paying, instead of tax >> consuming entity. > > > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > Now this piques the curiosity. > > > In what way was PCS a "tax consuming entity"?
They get/got all of the benefits of city services (whichever they were) without paying for them … Police, Fire, Trash… Virtually all Non-Profits consume tax dollars because they depend upon City Services. Consequently the Tax Payers of the City get hit twice by them… Entities, like the University of Pennsylvania, who have their own Police and Trash services, relying on the city only for Fire services are a different issue. They don't consume tax-paid services to the same extent, but do exempt massive chunks of property from Real Estate Taxes. (That I know of, both Penn and Temple have "sworn" Police Departments, i.e. they have full arrest powers. I don't know the status of Drexel's force currently.) There are undoubtedly a few non-profits who do pay taxes, (and I realize that "non-profit" and "tax-exempt" are not the same thing, but the sets overlap a huge amount), but they are usually viewed by everyone but the Taxman as the same thing, and act as if they are exempt. … which is apparently how PhillyCarShare got into the predicament it wound up in. T.T.F.N. William H. Magill mag...@mcgillsociety.org mag...@me.com whmag...@gmail.com ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
