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1. Tax and Property Value Effects of Conservation Easements

   Documentos de trabajo
   Mayo 2006
   Jeffrey O. Sundberg and Richard F. Dye

   A variety of tax incentives encourage property owners to place conservation easements on their property. This paper calculates sample tax effects for a range of tax incentives and shows that many...

2. Improving the Valuation of Large Commercial Properties for Real Estate Tax Purposes

   Documentos de trabajo
   Abril 2006
   Richard Almy

   The aims of this project are to examine systematically methods for valuing large office buildings for property tax purposes, identify issues, evaluate their seriousness, and describe potential...

3. Property Tax and Urban Sprawl

   Theory and Implications for U.S. Cities
   Documentos de trabajo
   Enero 2005
   Yan Song and Yves Zenou

   This article attempts a formal analysis of the connection between property tax and urban sprawl in U.S. cities. We develop a theoretical model that includes households (who are also landlords)and...

4. Full Disclosure

   Unanticipated Improvements in Property Tax Uniformity
   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2005
   Gary C. Cornia and Lawrence C. Walters

   This paper contributes to two strands in the property tax literature. One thread considers the effects of full disclosure requirements or “truth in taxation” on the rate of property tax...

5. 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...

6. 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...

7. 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...

8. 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...

9. 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...

10. Effects of Property Tax Abatements on Tax Rates and Capital Costs

    The Case of Monroe County, Indiana
    Documentos de trabajo
    Enero 2003
    C. Kurt Zorn, John L. Mikesell, and Esteban Dalehite

    Research on property tax abatements has focused mostly on the determinants of abatements, and on the effectiveness of abatements in influencing relocation, jobs, investment and other outcomes. Two...