Erosion of the property tax base : trends, causes, and consequences /

Increased reliance on residential property to generate tax revenue and soaring property values in many parts of the country have placed pressure on local officials to respond to concerns about higher property taxes. The result has been erosion of the property tax base through a variety of policies d...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Corporate Author: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Other Authors: Augustine, Nancy Y.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2009
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Gregory K. Ingram and Hal Wolman
  • The property tax under siege / Nancy Y. Augustine [and others]
  • Overview of the trends in property tax base erosion / Jennifer Gravelle and Sally Wallace. Commentary / Richard M. Bird
  • Property tax exemptions, revenues, and equity : some lessons from Wisconsin / Richard K. Green and Elaine Weiss. Commentary / Robert M. Schwab
  • Residential property tax relief measures : a review and assessment / John H. Bowman. Commentary / John E. Anderson
  • Assessment limits as a means of limiting homeowner property taxes / Terri A. Sexton. Commentary / Jon Sonstelie
  • Tax and expenditure limitations and local public finances / Bing Yuan [and others]. Commentary / Tracy M. Gordon
  • Efforts to override school district property tax limitations / Garry Young [and others]
  • Property tax abatement as a means of promoting state and local economic activity / Robert W. Wassmer. Commentary / Nathan B. Anderson
  • Preferential tax treatment of property used for social purposes : fiscal impacts and public policy implications / Woods Bowman, Joseph Cordes, and Lori Metcalf. Commentary / Julia Friedman
  • The politics of the property tax base / John F. Witte. Commentary / Michael A. Pagano.