Opinion

V.L. Rendina, Inc. v. City of Harrisburg

  • 595 Pa. 407
  • 938 A.2d 988
  • 2007 Pa. LEXIS 2872
Court
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Filed
Dec 27, 2007
Status
Published
Author
Cappy
On the bench
Cappy, Castille, Newman, Saylor, Eakin, Baer, Baldwin, Former
Cited by
9 cases
Authority
More cited than 7.0%

The opinion

Chief Justice CAPPY

dissenting.

I respectfully dissent. Under Ordinance 31, Appellants levied a business privilege tax. The propriety of Appellants’ business privilege tax is measured under the Local Tax Enabling Act, 53 P.S. § 6901 et seq. In this regard, this Court’s decision in Gilberti v. City of Pittsburgh, 511 Pa. 100 , 511 A.2d 1321 (1986) is controlling. I agree with the Commonwealth Court, that application of Gilberti to the stipulated facts leads to the conclusion that Appellee’s job trailer was not a base of operations within the taxing jurisdiction. See id. at 1326. Therefore, I would hold that Appellee was not subject to Appellants’ business privilege tax, and would affirm the Commonwealth Court.

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