Birt Instructions

Download forms and instructions for BIRT (including NTL), Net Profits Tax, School Income Tax, Earnings Tax, and others.

You can file BIRT returns and make payments through the Philadelphia Tax Center. You will need a username and password to file and manage your BIRT account online.

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Official guidance from the Philadelphia Department of Revenue on filing your Business Income and Receipts Tax (BIRT) for 2026.

Philadelphia’s new ordinance (Bill No. 250199) phases in lower Business Income & Receipts Tax (BIRT) rates and eliminates the $100,000 gross receipts exclusion starting for tax year 2025 (returns in 2026). Here’s what businesses need to know.

Philadelphia Lowers BIRT Rates & Ends $100K Exclusion in New City ...

Vendors, gig workers, and therapists push back on Philadelphia’s ‘very unfriendly’ business tax One therapist’s BIRT increased to more than $5,700 this year. “It exorbitantly affects my business,” she said. Angela Le, of Fishtown, started a new business, Tailor Your Closet.

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Any individual or entity maintaining a Commercial Activity License (CAL), even if not actively engaged in business, must file a BIRT return. Not all for-profit activity requires a BIRT return to be filed.

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