Live chat with Patrick Kerkstra at 1 p.m.
Patrick Kerkstra will chat today starting at 1 p.m. about Philadelphia properties that are exempt from real-estate taxes and the burden that causes as officials try to reform the city’s tax code and grapple with budget woes. On a mobile device? Click here to join the chat. Read Kerkstra’s Sunday Currents story here: Exempt sites complicate tax fixes
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