Philly tech execs went to Harrisburg to lobby against Pa.’s proposed ‘Tech Tax’

How do you know PACT Chairman cares about Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposed “Tech Tax”? He broke a year of Twitter silence for it:

Lobbying against the #techtax in Harrisburg with great tech CEOs and @SpeakerTurzai and @senatorcosta on our side! @PhilaPACT

— deanemiller (@deanemiller) June 6, 2017

Alongside the Pittsburgh Technology Council, PACT rallied eight tech execs from the Philly area and headed to Harrisburg last Tuesday. The goal? Speaking out against the proposed rehashing of a six-percent sales tax on computer services and software found in the commonwealth’s latest budget proposal.

Here’s the list of Philly folks that headed to the capitol (including more than a couple familiar names):

• Chris Cera, Arcweb Technologies
• Rich Napoli, ObjectFrontier
• Chris Schalleur, Christo IT Consulting
• Alex Urevick-Ackelsberg, ZivTech
• Lauren Schwartz, TechWise Group
• Greg Sterndale, PromptWorks
• Dawn McDougall, Operations Manager, PromptWorks
• Matthew Donegan, Senior Technical Architect, Strava Technology Group

“PACT opposes the proposed Pennsylvania Technology Tax,” Miller said. “If adopted, this tax will impact nearly every business in the Commonwealth. We are in collaboration with the Pittsburgh Technology Council in the effort to fight against this proposal. We encourage PACT members to contact their local state legislators to show support in opposition of the newly proposed tech tax by sending letters and direct calls.”

For more on the proposal, here’s our interview with a recovering Councilman David Oh, who’s definitely not having any of this new tax talk.