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Comparing Property Tax Disparities in America’s Largest Cities
Revista Land LinesAgosto 2023By Kristina McGeehan, August 16, 2023Produced annually, the comprehensive 50-state report provides the most meaningful data available to compare property taxes among cities by calculating the effective tax rate: the tax bill as a percentage of a property’s market value.
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El escritorio del alcalde
Fomentar la resiliencia ante el cambio climático en Sierra LeonaRevista Land LinesEnero 2023Por Anthony FlintLa alcaldesa Yvonne Denise Aki-Sawyerr asumió su cargo en Freetown, Sierra Leona, en mayo de 2018, después de desempeñarse como jefa del Ayuntamiento de la ciudad de Freetown. La profesional de las...
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Mayor’s Desk: Cultivating Climate Resilience in Sierra Leone
Revista Land LinesNoviembre 2022By Anthony Flint, November 10, 2022Freetown, Sierra Leone, is one of seven cities around the world that have appointed chief heat officers as part of a global effort to invest in a climate-resilient future. Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr...
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How Property Tax Limits Shift Burdens to New Home Buyers
Revista Land LinesJulio 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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Tax Battles
Cities Seek Higher Payments in Lieu of Taxes from NonprofitsRevista Land LinesMarzo 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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Muni Finance
The Visual Budget Lets Taxpayers Follow the MoneyRevista Land LinesOctubre 2015By Loren BerlinAn informed citizenry is an empowered one, but educating taxpayers and voters can be difficult. While most people care deeply about various community issues—such as whether to build a new library...
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Message from the President
Strengthening Municipal Fiscal HealthRevista Land LinesAbril 2015When one looks at fiscally distressed cities, it is easy to conclude that insolvency is simply a product of ineffective management, a lack of financial discipline, or the incompetence or corruption...