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1. Public Finance Concepts for Planners

   Documentos de trabajo
   Diciembre 2006
   Randall Crane

   What should planners be taught about public finance? This paper has three primary goals: First, to revisit the proper facilitating roles of public planning in the private economy; second, to...

2. The Property Tax in Latvia

   System Structure and Current Challenges
   Documentos de trabajo
   Julio 2020
   Sarmite Barvika

   The aim of this paper is to analyze the current state and trends of real property taxation policy in Latvia. Particular importance is given to the general statistical and historical overview of real...

3. Nationwide Mass Appraisal Modeling in China

   Feasibility Analysis for Scalability Given Ad Valorem Property Tax Reform
   Documentos de trabajo
   Abril 2019
   Peadar Davis, Michael McCord, Paul Bidanset, and Margie Cusack

   Since 2003, the Chinese government has considered introducing an annual property tax, and while it selected six pilot cities for experimenting with the viability of a mass appraisal system rollout,...

4. Improving Tax Increment Financing (TIF) for Economic Development

   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Septiembre 2018
   David Merriman

   “This report will be the ‘go-to’ resource for public policy practitioners, municipal officials, and worldwide local development officers for two reasons. First, it is written by a...

5. Property Taxes for Local Finance

   Research Results and Policy Perspectives (Reconsidering Property Taxes: Perhaps Not So Bad After All)
   Documentos de trabajo
   Enero 2009
   Ronald C. Fisher

   Although property taxes continue to be one of the fundamental fiscal foundations for local government in the U.S., they also remain exceptionally controversial (even among taxes). The political or...

6. The History and Purpose of Tax Increment Finance Policy in Wisconsin

   Do Wisconsin Tax Increment Finance Districts Stimulate Growth in Real Estate Values? Do They Contribute to Sprawl?
   Documentos de trabajo
   Mayo 2007
   Russell Kashian, Mark Skidmore, and David Merriman

   Like other U.S. states, tax increment financing (TIF) is an important component of the development policy landscape in Wisconsin. While the guidelines for the use of TIF are similar to those that...

7. Assessing the Distributive Impact of a Revenue-Neutral Shift from a Uniform Property Tax to a Two-Rate Property Tax with a Uniform Credit

   Documentos de trabajo
   Diciembre 2004
   Richard W. England and Min Qiang Zhao

   A number of economists have argued that a property tax with a lower rate applied to improvement values than land values is superior to a property tax with a uniform tax rate that yields the same...

8. Can Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Reverse Urban Decline?

   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2003
   Rachel N. Weber

   To counteract physical decline, local governments have increasingly relied on a redevelopment tool called Tax Increment Financing (TIF). TIF allows municipalities to designate an area for improvement...

9. 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...

10. Inclusionary Housing

    Creating and Maintaining Equitable Communities
    Enfoques en políticas de suelo
    Septiembre 2015
    Rick Jacobus

    This report illustrates how local governments can realize the full benefits of inclusionary housing policies, which require developers of new market-rate real estate to provide some affordable units...