Opinion
June 12, 1958.
March 18, 1959.
Taxation — General business tax — School District of Philadelphia — Petitioner engaged in various enterprises — Income from stock investments — "Business" — "Receipts" — Act of May 23, 1949, P.L. 1669, as amended.
On appeal from an assessment by the School District of Philadelphia for general business taxes under the Act of May 23, 1949, P.L. 1669, as amended, in which it appeared that petitioner operated a department store, four hotels, and had various other real estate holdings, from which it received a substantial gross income; that petitioner also owned securities, and that dividends on these securities, and profits from sales thereof, totaled a substantial sum; and that the court below, holding that petitioner was engaged in "business" and that the gross income from its investments constituted "receipts" within the meaning of the Act, concluded that petitioner's income from its investments was subject to the general business tax; it was Held that the judgment of the court below should be affirmed.
Before RHODES, P.J., HIRT, GUNTHER, WRIGHT, WOODSIDE, ERVIN, and WATKINS, JJ.
Appeal, No. 250, Oct. T., 1958, from judgment of Court of Common Pleas No. 6 of Philadelphia County, March T., 1957, No. 8727, in case of Bankers Securities Corporation v. School District of Philadelphia et al. Judgment affirmed.
Same case in court below: 16 Pa. D. C. 2d 248.
Appeal by taxpayer from general business tax assessment. Before BOK, P.J.
Order entered dismissing appeal. Taxpayer appealed.
William A. Kelley, Jr., with him Folz, Bard, Kamsler, Goodis Greenfield, for appellant. C. Brewster Rhoads, with him Edward B. Soken, and Montgomery, McCracken, Walker Rhoads, for appellees.
Argued June 12, 1958.
Judgment affirmed on the opinion of the court below written by President Judge (now Justice) BOK and reported in 16 Pa. D. C.2d 248.