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1. 2024 Urban Economics and Public Finance Conference

   Eventos
   Abril 19, 2024
   Abby Ostriker, Anna Russo, C. Luke Watson, Nathan Seegert, Mark Skidmore, Camila Alvayay-Torrejon, Erin Troland, and Brent Ambrose

   The economic growth and development of urban areas are closely linked to local fiscal conditions. This research seminar offers a forum for new academic work on the interaction of these two areas.

2. New England Workshop for State Property Tax Oversight

   Eventos
   Marzo 25, 2024

   This meeting provides an opportunity for participants to consider the best means of assisting, training, regulating, and providing technical assistance to local assessors in collaboration with professional assessment organizations.

3. 2023 National Conference of State Tax Judges

   Eventos
   Septiembre 21, 2023
   Speakers: Paula Randolph, Kirk Stark, Richard Pomp, Ned Chappell, Tom Hoover, Clint Bolick, Andrew Jacobs, David Brunori. Mark Juhas, Lucky Defries, and Kathy Spletter

   The National Conference of State Tax Judges meets annually to review recent state tax decisions, consider methods of dealing with complex tax and valuation disputes, and share experiences in case...

4. Property Tax Relief for Homeowners (Webinar)

   Eventos
   Septiembre 13, 2022
   Speakers: Adam H. Langley, Joan Youngman, and Ronald Rakow
   Moderator: Kim Rueben

   This webinar will describe a set of policies that can address common property tax challenges without undermining its strengths as a local revenue source.

5. Detroit and the Property Tax

   Strategies to Improve Equity and Enhance Revenue
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Noviembre 2015
   Gary Sands and Mark Skidmore

   This 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...

6. Use-Value Assessment of Rural Lands

   Time for Reform?
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Noviembre 2015
   John E. Anderson and Richard W. England

   Use-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...

7. Rethinking Property Tax Incentives for Business

   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Junio 2012
   Daphne A. Kenyon, Adam H. Langley, and Bethany P. Paquin

   State 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,...

8. Payments in Lieu of Taxes

   Balancing Municipal and Nonprofit Interests
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Noviembre 2010
   Daphne A. Kenyon and Adam H. Langley

   Payments in lieu of taxes (PILOT) programs for nonprofits provide crucial revenue for many municipalities, but they are not perfect. Through case studies and research, this report provides guidelines...

9. Assessing the Theory and Practice of Land Value Taxation

   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Febrero 2010
   Richard F. Dye and Richard W. England

   Through an examination of more than 30 countries and several U.S. municipalities that have implemented a land value tax as an alternative to the traditional property tax, this report helps officials...

10. Property Tax Circuit Breakers

    Fair and Cost-Effective Relief for Taxpayers
    Enfoques en políticas de suelo
    Mayo 2009
    John H. Bowman, Daphne A. Kenyon, Adam Langley and Bethany P. Paquin

    This 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...