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1. How Homestead Exemptions Can Counteract Regressivity in Property Tax Assessments

   Documentos de trabajo
   Marzo 2024
   Ron Rakow, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

   Evidence presented in several recent academic studies using national datasets indicates widespread regressivity in property tax assessments. This can be due to statutory limits on assessment levels...

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 Journalists Forum

   Eventos
   Noviembre 17, 2023
   Partners: TD Charitable Foundation and Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University

   The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy invited journalists to attend the 2023 Journalists Forum focused on housing affordability on November 17–18, 2023 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

4. 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...

5. New Hampshire: Heavy Property Tax Reliance and Longstanding School Finance Litigation

   Documentos de trabajo
   Abril 2023
   Semida Munteanu, Bethany Paquin, and Sydney Zelinka

   New Hampshire does not levy a broad-based sales or individual income tax and therefore is the state most reliant on property taxes. In 1999, New Hampshire dramatically changed its system of school...

6. Comparative Measures of Property Tax Equity in Suffolk County, Massachusetts

   Documentos de trabajo
   Agosto 2022
   Ronald W. Rakow

   A nationwide analysis of property tax assessments and sales data over a ten-year period, by Christopher Berry of the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago, found pervasive...

7. 2019 Survey on the Use of Automated Valuation Models (AVMs) in Government Assessment Offices

   An Analysis of AVM Use, Acceptance, and Barriers to More Widespread Implementation
   Documentos de trabajo
   Julio 2022
   Paul Bidanset and Ronald Rakow

   Accurate and consistent assessments are critical components of an equitable property tax system. Automated valuation models (AVMs) are programmed statistical and mathematical models used to estimate...

8. Designing School Aid Formulas to Achieve High-Quality and Equitable Education

   Documentos de trabajo
   Mayo 2022
   Andrew Reschovsky

   This paper describes the school funding formulas necessary to achieve five broad funding goals that have driven school finance policies over the past 50 years. After briefly summarizing the type of...

9. What Makes a Fair School Finance System?

   Documentos de trabajo
   Mayo 2022
   Andrew Reschovsky

   This working paper explores the complexities involved in defining school funding equity and fairness. In defining what they mean by fairness, state policymakers must address several issues. The first...

10. 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.