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How State Aid and Local Property Taxes Can Together Fund Quality Education for All Students
Revista Land LinesNovembro 2022By Allison Ehrich Bernstein, November 15, 2022Local property taxes and state aid each have flaws, but a thoughtful combination of these two revenue sources is the most effective recipe for funding a high-quality K–12 education for all...
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How Property Tax Limits Shift Burdens to New Home Buyers
Revista Land LinesJulho 2022By Will Jason, July 13, 2022.Produced annually. the 50-State Property Tax Comparison Study provides the nation’s most comprehensive analysis of local property tax rates by calculating the effective tax rate—the tax paid as a percentage of market value—for 74 large U.S. cities and a r
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Uneven Impacts
The Pandemic, The Property Tax, and Municipal RecoveryRevista Land LinesJunho 2020By Liz Farmer, June 16, 2020Local governments are still learning what the COVID-19 crisis will mean for their revenues over the next year. In large part, the answer will depend on what part of the economy they rely on for their...
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Property Tax
Fifty-State Study Shows Property Tax Inequities from Assessment Limits Continue to GrowRevista Land LinesJunho 2020By Will Jason, June 10, 2020In states with property tax assessment limits, disparities in tax bills between new and longtime homeowners continued to grow, according to the annual 50-State Property Tax Comparison Study by the...
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Tax Battles
Cities Seek Higher Payments in Lieu of Taxes from NonprofitsRevista Land LinesMarço 2020By Liz Farmer, March 4, 2020At a recent rally in front of Baltimore City Hall, activists sang, chanted, and otherwise voiced their view that the city’s major nonprofit institutions weren’t “paying their fair share” of property...
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Economic Development
Vermont Attempts a Kinder, Gentler TIF—But Will it Work?Revista Land LinesAgosto 2019By Will Jason, August 20, 2019Vermont has enacted some of the nation’s tightest restrictions on tax increment financing, a common economic development tool with a less-than-stellar track record. Can these guardrails make TIF work?
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Property Tax
Fifty-State Study Details Growing Tax Breaks for Longtime HomeownersRevista Land LinesJunho 2019By Will Jason, June 25, 2019In states with property tax assessment limits, tax breaks for longtime homeowners are growing at the expense of new homeowners, a new study shows.
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A New Podcast
Let's Talk TIFRevista Land LinesMaio 2019By Anthony Flint, May 28, 2019Tax increment financing is one of the most widely used—and least understood—public finance mechanisms in the U.S. today. David Merriman, one of the foremost experts on TIF, talks about what communities and states can do to avoid the pitfalls.
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Public Finance
As Real Estate Booms, Can Texas Offer Property Tax Relief?Revista Land LinesMarço 2019By Will Jason, March 19, 2019As property tax bills rise, Texas is looking to provide relief without hurting public services.
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School Finance and Property Taxes
Revista Land LinesFevereiro 2016Some of the most significant policy discussions concerning the property tax do not deal with the tax itself, but rather with the use of its revenue to support local public schools. This excerpt from...
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