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The Tax Autonomy of Local Governments in the United States
Documentos de trabajoEnero 2019Andrew ReschovskyStatistics on the share of total government tax revenue raised by local governments provide an incomplete picture of local government taxing power. If higher level governments define the local tax...
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Estimating Agricultural Use Value for Property Tax Purposes
How do State Programs Assess Use Value?Documentos de trabajoDiciembre 2011All fifty states in the United States provide property tax preferences for agricultural land via some form of use-value assessment. By this assessment approach agricultural land is valued in its...
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Strengthening the Local Property Tax
The Need for a Property Tax Expenditure BudgetDocumentos de trabajoAgosto 2011Katrina D. Connolly and Michael E. BellThe property tax is the most important source of local revenue. But while it is widely believed to be fair, efficient, and simple to administer, in practice it has begun to drift from these ideals....
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The Valuation of Federally Subsidized Housing
Ten Questions for the Property TaxDocumentos de trabajoFebrero 2011Joan M. YoungmanThe complex federal incentives for private investment in low- and moderate-income housing have produced decades of judicial decisions on the appropriate local tax treatment of these properties. This...
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Volatility of Individual Property Tax Payments
Documentos de trabajoMarzo 2010Nathan B. AndersonThe most important independent source of local government revenue in the United States is the property tax. Yet the widespread unpopularity of the property tax leads voters to support state policies...
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A Guide to the Structure of Property Tax Abatements in the United States
Documentos de trabajoNoviembre 2002John L. Mikesell, C. Kurt Zorn, Esteban Dalehite, and Sung-Jin ParkProperty tax abatements—full or partial relief from property tax for certain property parcels—constitute an integral component of many state and local economic development programs....
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The Strand not Taken
The Taxing/Taking Taxonomy in American Property LawDocumentos de trabajoAbril 2009Amnon LehaviTakings jurisprudence is struggling with a constant paradox. It is conventionally portrayed as chaotic and “muddy,” and yet attempts by the judiciary to create some sense of order in it...
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Estimates of the Total Cost and Distribution of Tax Relief Under State Funded Property Tax Circuit Breakers
Documentos de trabajoMarzo 2009This paper uses data from the 2006 American Community Survey to estimate the cost for state governments to fund three hypothetical property tax circuit breaker programs and a homestead exemption. The...
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What Drives the Property Tax?
A Holistic Examination of City and County Budgets in MinnesotaDocumentos de trabajoMarzo 2009Aaron Twait and Mark HavemanProperty tax levy increases are a policy concern for state and local governments nationally. It is conceptually appealing to examine state-level aggregate data to discern trends and explanations for...
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Property Taxes for Local Finance
Research Results and Policy Perspectives (Reconsidering Property Taxes: Perhaps Not So Bad After All)Documentos de trabajoEnero 2009Ronald C. FisherAlthough 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...
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