This Week In San Francisco Land Use
7/8/2010 - John Kevlin
Fee Deferral Program Implementation Begins
At long last, the fee deferral program became effective on July 1, giving project sponsors a new tool to kick start projects and vastly reshaping the way fees are collected in the city. As is to be expected, we will be learning the details about how the new program will be implemented over the next few weeks.
First up, the Department of Building Inspection has posted a new city-wide fee register, listing all current development fees from all relevant agencies applicable to projects located in the city. The fee register can be found at: “http://sfdbi.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=419”.
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The Taxman Cometh - Gross Receipts Tax Likely on November Ballot
7/2/2010 - Kevin Rose, Lindsay Petrone
Board of Supervisors President David Chiu wants to put a commercial rent tax for voter approval on the November ballot. The proposition also would revise the payroll expense tax to establish a progressive rate structure and reduce selected payroll expense tax rates. Proponents of the proposed commercial rent tax claim that this tax will create substantial revenue for San Francisco, approximately $24,500,000 in the first year, and that any additional costs to commercial landlords could be passed through to their tenants. Proponents also look to recover taxes from banks and insurance companies since they are exempt from the payroll tax. …
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