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GASB 77

Revealing the Cost of Property Tax Incentives for Business

By Andrew Wagaman

July 2017, English

Good-government advocates across the ideological spectrum are hoping a new accounting rule will shed light on the costs of property tax incentives for business, following years of public skepticism about the purported economic benefits of these tax breaks. Known as “GASB 77,” the Government Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 77 requires an estimated 50,000 state […]

Economic Development, Local Government, Property Tax, Public Finance

July 2017, English

Good-government advocates across the ideological spectrum are hoping a new accounting rule will shed light on the costs of property tax incentives for business, following years of public skepticism about the purported economic benefits of these tax breaks. Known as “GASB 77,” the Government Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 77 requires an estimated 50,000 state […]

Economic Development, Local Government, Property Tax, Public Finance

The Future of U.S. Public School Revenue from the Property Tax

By Andrew Reschovsky, Research Fellow, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin-Madison

July 2017, English

This Policy Brief examines the property tax as a critical source of revenue for public schools in the United States. It demonstrates the high proportion of public education funding provided by the property tax as well as the stability of the property tax compared to the three state taxes (sales tax, income tax, and corporate […]

Economic Development, Land Value Taxation, Property Tax, Public Finance

July 2017, English

This Policy Brief examines the property tax as a critical source of revenue for public schools in the United States. It demonstrates the high proportion of public education funding provided by the property tax as well as the stability of the property tax compared to the three state taxes (sales tax, income tax, and corporate […]

Economic Development, Land Value Taxation, Property Tax, Public Finance

Land Lines, July 2017

July 2017, English

In this issue: revitalizing America’s smaller legacy cities; GASB 77 and the cost of corporate property tax incentives; the future of U.S. public school revenue from the property tax; and a new initiative that will explore our human ties to land.

City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Land Use and Zoning, Land Value Taxation, Property Tax, Urbanization

July 2017, English

In this issue: revitalizing America’s smaller legacy cities; GASB 77 and the cost of corporate property tax incentives; the future of U.S. public school revenue from the property tax; and a new initiative that will explore our human ties to land.

City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Land Use and Zoning, Land Value Taxation, Property Tax, Urbanization

Munifinanzas

Cómo lograr que los incentivos fiscales funcionen: Lecciones de Boston, Massachusetts

Por Ronald W. Rakow

June 2017, Spanish

La utilización de incentivos fiscales para fomentar el crecimiento de la economía ha aumentado en las últimas décadas. En vista de este incremento, es muy importante que los gestores de políticas empleen técnicas que promuevan el crecimiento, a la vez que evitan prácticas que erosionan innecesariamente la base imponible. Las políticas de incentivos fiscales deben […]

Economic Development, Infrastructure, Property Tax, Public Finance

June 2017, Spanish

La utilización de incentivos fiscales para fomentar el crecimiento de la economía ha aumentado en las últimas décadas. En vista de este incremento, es muy importante que los gestores de políticas empleen técnicas que promuevan el crecimiento, a la vez que evitan prácticas que erosionan innecesariamente la base imponible. Las políticas de incentivos fiscales deben […]

Economic Development, Infrastructure, Property Tax, Public Finance

Property Tax in Africa

Status, Challenges, and Prospects

Edited by Riël Franzsen and William McCluskey

June 2017, English

Book

Land and Property Rights, Land Markets, Land Value Taxation, Local Government, Property Tax, Public Finance, Valuation

June 2017, English

Book

Land and Property Rights, Land Markets, Land Value Taxation, Local Government, Property Tax, Public Finance, Valuation

50-State Property Tax Comparison Study

For Taxes Paid in 2016

Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and Minnesota Center for Fiscal Excellence

June 2017, English

Other Publication

Property Tax, Public Finance

June 2017, English

Other Publication

Property Tax, Public Finance

Transition to the Property Tax in China

A Dynamic General Equilibrium Analysis

David Dale-Johnson and Guozhong Zhu

May 2017, English

Working Paper

Property Tax, Public Finance

May 2017, English

Working Paper

Property Tax, Public Finance

May 2017, English

Other Publication

Property Tax