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1. How Homestead Exemptions Can Counteract Regressivity in Property Tax Assessments

   Documentos de Trabalho
   Março 2024
   Ron Rakow, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

   Evidence presented in several recent academic studies using national datasets indicates widespread regressivity in property tax assessments. This can be due to statutory limits on assessment levels...

2. Transitioning Out of Capped Property Assessments

   The Value Recapture Approach
   Documentos de Trabalho
   Agosto 2023
   Carmela Quintos

   Assessment caps lead to inequities because the same growth limit is applied to high and low growth properties. For high growth properties that fall under the cap, the assessments are artificially...

3. Comparative Measures of Property Tax Equity in Suffolk County, Massachusetts

   Documentos de Trabalho
   Agosto 2022
   Ronald W. Rakow

   A nationwide analysis of property tax assessments and sales data over a ten-year period, by Christopher Berry of the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago, found pervasive...

4. Measures of Vertical Inequality in Assessments

   Documentos de Trabalho
   Agosto 2022
   Daniel P. McMillen and Ruchi Singh

   Standard measures of vertical inequity suggest that assessments are regressive in the sense that high-priced properties are often assessed at lower rates than low-priced properties. Conventional...

5. 2019 Survey on the Use of Automated Valuation Models (AVMs) in Government Assessment Offices

   An Analysis of AVM Use, Acceptance, and Barriers to More Widespread Implementation
   Documentos de Trabalho
   Julho 2022
   Paul Bidanset and Ronald Rakow

   Accurate and consistent assessments are critical components of an equitable property tax system. Automated valuation models (AVMs) are programmed statistical and mathematical models used to estimate...

6. An Examination of Sales Ratio Data and Sources Incorporated into the 50-State Property Tax Comparison Study

   Documentos de Trabalho
   Dezembro 2020
   Bob DeBoer

   The 50-State Property Tax Comparison Study, jointly produced by the Minnesota Center for Fiscal Excellence (MCFE) and the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, uses sales ratios to more accurately...

7. The Property Tax in Latvia

   System Structure and Current Challenges
   Documentos de Trabalho
   Julho 2020
   Sarmite Barvika

   The aim of this paper is to analyze the current state and trends of real property taxation policy in Latvia. Particular importance is given to the general statistical and historical overview of real...