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Split-Rate Property Taxation in Detroit
Findings and RecommendationsOtroAbril 2022John E. Anderson and Nick AllenCollecting more taxes on fewer properties has created significant challenges for residents and investors in Detroit. This study covers subjects of central importance to the City of Detroit: tax delinquency, business formation, and property value effects.
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Evidence on the Distributional Effects and Administrative Feasibility of a Land Value Tax
Who Wins, Who Loses, and Can It Happen?Documentos de trabajoJunio 2009Elizabeth PlummerThis study examines how replacing a uniform property tax with a land value tax would shift the tax burden. Most empirical studies that examine land value tax focus on the land value tax’s...
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Biases in Analysis of Split-Rate Property Tax Reforms
Hawaii’s Experience 1963-1979Documentos de trabajoMarzo 2009Sally KwakSome localities levy split-rate property taxes, with one rate on land and another on improvements. Simple economic theory suggests this type of tax increases land use efficiency while reducing sprawl...
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Why So Little Georgism in America?
Using the Pennsylvania Case Files to Understand the Slow, Uneven Progress of Land Value TaxationDocumentos de trabajoJulio 2006Mark Alan HughesPennsylvania is the only state government in the U.S. to enable split-rate property taxation among its local governments. Since 1913, Pennsylvania has produced a body of sustained outcomes across 33...
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Equity and Efficiency Considerations in Use Value Taxation
Documentos de trabajoNoviembre 2005David C. Soule and Barry BluestoneUse value taxation is used in almost every state in the country to provide property tax relief to owners of farmland, forestland, and, in many cases, land available for recreational use. Created in...
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Lessons from Attempted Utopia
Fairhope, Alabama, and Arden, DelewareDocumentos de trabajoDiciembre 2004Matthew M. HarrisThe towns of Fairhope, Alabama and Arden Delaware were founded in 1894 and 1900 respectively. Both were intentional communities founded to demonstrate the economic principles advocated by Henry...
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Evaluating the Feasibility and Burden Shifting Impacts of a State Land Value Tax on Commercial and Industrial Property
Documentos de trabajoEnero 2004Mark HavemanIn the most recent general session of the Minnesota state legislature, a bill was introduced to transition the commercial/industrial portion of the state general property tax into a tax on commercial...
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Essay on the Political Economy of Two-Rate Property Taxation
Documentos de trabajoAbril 2004Richard W. EnglandThis paper surveys the various economic arguments in favor of taxing land values more heavily than building values and then explores why two-rate property taxation has not yet been adopted in the...
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Preparing to Pilot Land Value Taxation in Britain
Documentos de trabajoEnero 2002Anthony VickersThis was the second year of a three-year research project to help prepare Great Britain for the start of an implementation of land value taxation (LVT). The first year’s report (WP00AV1)...
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The Legal Requirements Regarding Valuation of Land and Improvements for Property Tax Purposes
Documentos de trabajoSeptiembre 2001David Brunori and Jennifer CarrThis paper investigates two main questions regarding the state-level requirements governing the valuation of land and improvements for property tax purposes. First, does state law directly or...
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