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Improving Tax Increment Financing (TIF) for Economic Development
Informes sobre Políticas FundiáriasSetembro 2018David Merriman“This report will be the ‘go-to’ resource for public policy practitioners, municipal officials, and worldwide local development officers for two reasons. First, it is written by a...
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Detroit and the Property Tax
Strategies to Improve Equity and Enhance RevenueInformes sobre Políticas FundiáriasNovembro 2015Gary Sands and Mark SkidmoreThis report outlines the problems underlying the erosion of Detroit's property tax base—a factor that contributed to the city's bankruptcy in 2013. It offers recommendations for reform...
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Use-Value Assessment of Rural Lands
Time for Reform?Informes sobre Políticas FundiáriasNovembro 2015Use-value assessment (UVA) is the practice of valuing rural land according to its current use rather than its market value to reduce property taxes for rural land owners in the United States. This...
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Rethinking Property Tax Incentives for Business
Informes sobre Políticas FundiáriasJunho 2012State and local governments use many types of property tax incentives to increase business development. This report reviews those incentives, summarizes the literature regarding their effectiveness,...
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Property Tax Circuit Breakers
Fair and Cost-Effective Relief for TaxpayersInformes sobre Políticas FundiáriasMaio 2009John H. Bowman, Daphne A. Kenyon, Adam Langley and Bethany P. PaquinThis report presents the rationale for providing property tax relief to those who have a high relative tax burden, compares the fairness of various criteria used by states for eligibility, and...
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Property Tax Assessment Limits
Lessons from Thirty Years of ExperienceInformes sobre Políticas FundiáriasJunho 2008Mark Haveman and Terri A. SextonDuring the 30 years since California adopted its groundbreaking tax limitation measure known as Proposition 13, pressure has persisted for states to adopt various forms of property tax relief. These...