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1. 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...

2. Training Indiana’s Assessors

   A Blueprint and Foundation for Reform
   Documentos de trabajo
   Octubre 2004
   Frank Kelly and Jeff Wuensch

   This paper reports on the current educational and training system for Indiana’s assessors, reviews necessary job functions and prerequisites, and summarizes their current qualifications. In...

3. Evaluating the Feasibility and Burden Shifting Impacts of a State Land Value Tax on Commercial and Industrial Property

   Documentos de trabajo
   Enero 2004
   Mark Haveman

   In the most recent general session of the Minnesota state legislature, a bill was introduced to transition the commercial/industrial portion of the state general property tax into a tax on commercial...

4. Intra-Metropolitan Area Fiscal Capacity Disparities and the Property Tax

   Documentos de trabajo
   Abril 2004
   Michael E. Bell, Lindsay C. Clark, Joe Cordes, and Hal Wolman

   The purpose of this study is to assess the extent of variations in the revenue capacity of select local governments in the Washington, DC area using the Representative Revenue System developed by the...

5. What Politicians Know About Land Taxation

   Revista Land Lines
   Octubre 2004
   David Brunori

   Supporters of land taxation view it as an efficient and effective means of financing government, and the concept has wide appeal among public finance scholars. Many economists, including several...

6. From the President

   Revista Land Lines
   Enero 2004
   H. James Brown

   Last October the Lincoln Institute sponsored the fourth annual symposium for recipients of David C. Lincoln Fellowships in Land Value Taxation (LVT). This fellowship program was established to...

7. Property Tax Reform and Smart Growth

   Connecting Some of the Dots
   Revista Land Lines
   Enero 2004
   Richard W. England

   It is undeniable that land use change in the United States has been occurring at a rapid rate. Between 1982 and 1997 alone, developed land increased nationwide by 25 million acres, or 34 percent....