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How Homestead Exemptions Can Counteract Regressivity in Property Tax Assessments
Documentos de trabajoMarzo 2024Ron Rakow, Lincoln Institute of Land PolicyEvidence 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...
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Transitioning Out of Capped Property Assessments
The Value Recapture ApproachDocumentos de trabajoAgosto 2023Carmela QuintosAssessment caps lead to inequities because the same growth limit is applied to high and low growth properties. For high growth properties that fall under the cap, the assessments are artificially...
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Can Removing Development Subsidies Promote Adaptation?
The Coastal Barrier Resources System as a Natural ExperimentDocumentos de trabajoMayo 2023Hannah Druckenmiller, Yanjun (Penny) Liao, Sophie Pesek, Margaret Walls, and Shan ZhangAs natural disasters grow in frequency and intensity under climate change, limiting populations and properties in harm's way will be one important facet of adaptation. This study focuses on one...
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Rethinking the Property Tax-School Funding Dilemma
Resúmenes de políticas públicasFebrero 2023This policy brief focuses on the roles of the local property tax and state aid in the funding of public education and analyzes their strengths and weaknesses. A key theme is the property tax–...
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Lincoln Institute Sessions at the 2023 IAAO Annual Conference
ConferenciasAgosto 29, 2023Ron Rakow, Paul Bidanset, Gary Cornia, and Nathan SeegertThe annual conference of the International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO) offers state and local assessing officials the opportunity to hear varied perspectives on property tax issues from...
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2023 Urban Economics and Public Finance Conference
ConferenciasMayo 18, 2023Presenters: Yilin Hou, Dan McMillen, Ruchi Singh, Keith Ihlanfeldt, Luke Rodgers, Sebastien Bradley, Nathan Seegert, Rachel Meltzer, Leah Brooks, Paul Fisher, Soomi LeeThe economic growth and development of urban areas are closely linked to the fiscal conditions of these places. This research seminar offers a forum for new academic work on the interaction of these two areas.
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Comparative Measures of Property Tax Equity in Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Documentos de trabajoAgosto 2022A 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...
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Measures of Vertical Inequality in Assessments
Documentos de trabajoAgosto 2022Daniel P. McMillen and Ruchi SinghStandard measures of vertical inequity suggest that assessments are regressive in the sense that high-priced properties are often assessed at lower rates than low-priced properties. Conventional...
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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 ImplementationDocumentos de trabajoJulio 2022Paul Bidanset and Ronald RakowAccurate 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...
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2022 National Conference of State Tax Judges
ConferenciasOctubre 27, 2022Speakers: Patrick DeAlmeida, Gary McCabe, Angela Adolph, Catherine Collins, David Brunori, Lisa Desmarais, Richard Davis, Victoria Enyart, Kirk Stark, Mitchell NewmarkThis conference meets annually to review recent state tax decisions, consider methods of dealing with complex tax and valuation disputes, and share experiences in case management.
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