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Council to consider ordinance forgiving 2024 property taxes for historically tax-exempt churches after county reregistration
Summary
Bill 2 of 2025 would exonerate certain 2024 real estate taxes and strike off tax liens for properties that are historically tax-exempt churches but received bills after a county re-registration; law bureau said the schools and county have agreed on related actions and council was asked to add the bill to the next legislative agenda.
Bill 2 of 2025, introduced at the administration committee work session, would authorize the city to give and discharge 2024 real estate taxes, interest, penalties and costs and to strike off tax liens for certain properties that should have been tax-exempt as historically used houses of worship.
Solicitor Grover told the committee the request came from the Law Bureau after Dauphin County completed a reregistration of exempt properties. He said several churches did not refile exemption paperwork with the county and received tax bills for 2024 despite historically being exempt under the Pennsylvania Constitution and city code. "They were…
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