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Council approves tax-relief ordinance and hires outside counsel to update business tax rules
Summary
Harrisburg council passed Bill 5 of 2026, discharging certain 2024–2025 real-estate tax liabilities for historically tax-exempt properties, and authorized a contract with McCormick Law Firm to revise the city’s business privilege and mercantile tax rules with a Jan. 1, 2027 effectiveness target.
Harrisburg City Council on April 14 approved Bill 5 of 2026, an ordinance to give and discharge certain 2024 and 2025 city real estate taxes (including interest, penalties and costs) and to strike off tax liens for some historically tax-exempt properties, by a 7–0 roll-call vote.
The administration committee had flagged Bill 5 during committee review and Solicitor Neil Grover explained that the ordinance addresses specific properties, including a…
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