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72 Pa.C.S. § 3115

Property tax exemption schedule of real property

A municipality and school district shall have the power and authority to grant property tax abatement, in accordance with this section, to properties leased to a microenterprise for one or more consecutive years and owned by an administrative entity. The following apply:

(1) For the first, second and third years for which the property would otherwise be taxable and is continually leased to the microenterprise, 100% of the eligible assessment shall be exempted.

(2) For the fourth year for which the property would otherwise be taxable and is continually leased to the microenterprise, 90% of the eligible assessment shall be exempted.

(3) For the fifth year for which the property would otherwise be taxable and is continually leased to the microenterprise, 75% of the eligible assessment shall be exempted.

(4) For the sixth year for which the property would otherwise be taxable and is continually leased to the microenterprise, 60% of the eligible assessment shall be exempted.

(5) For the seventh year for which the property would otherwise be taxable and is continually leased to the microenterprise, 45% of the eligible assessment shall be exempted.

(6) For the eighth year for which the property would otherwise be taxable and is continually leased to the microenterprise, 30% of the eligible assessment shall be exempted.

(7) For the ninth year for which the property would otherwise be taxable and is continually leased to the microenterprise, 15% of the eligible assessment shall be exempted.

(8) For the tenth year for which the property would otherwise be taxable and is continually leased to the microenterprise, 10% of the eligible assessment shall be exempted.

(9) After the tenth year of being continually leased to the microenterprise, the exemption shall terminate.

Official source: Pennsylvania General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Pennsylvania statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.