AbbeHuet t1_jdzxuej wrote on March 28, 2023 at 12:48 PM

Reply to comment by dmcd0415 in Gainey is set to unveil plans to challenge the tax-exempt status of more than a dozen properties in the city, including UPMC and a Propel School on the North Side by sugarandspice85

$36m is nice, and I'm all for proper enforcement of tax law. But that's an amount comparable to usual fluctuations from year to year in revenues. It doesn't hurt, but this was a big theme during the elections last year and seen as key to Pittsburgh's progressive agenda. Surely they had other aspirations than fighting for what is roughly a rounding error in the annual budget?

dmcd0415 t1_jdzydya wrote on March 28, 2023 at 12:53 PM

The IRS would be coming at me or you for that rounding error. Why should corporations be held to a lower standard and why are you arguing to keep said standard as low as possible? It just makes no sense at all. What are you afraid of happening? What are the possible downsides for the city taking that $36 million from upmc?