A Good Tax
A Good Tax

Author: Joan Youngman

Publisher:

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9781558443426

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In A Good Tax, tax expert Joan Youngman skillfully considers how to improve the operation of the property tax and supply the information that is often missing in public debate. She analyzes the legal, administrative, and political challenges to the property tax in the United States and offers recommendations for its improvement. The book is accessibly written for policy analysts and public officials who are dealing with specific property tax issues and for those concerned with property tax issues in general.

Property Tax Assessment Limits
Property Tax Assessment Limits

Author: Mark Haveman

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781558441675

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This policy focus report examines options that exist for timely and efficient aid to needy taxpayers, including circuit breaker programs that reduce taxes based on income level; truth in taxation measures; deferral options on property tax payments; partial exemptions on owner-occupied or homestead properties; and classified tax rates.

A Guide to Property Taxes
A Guide to Property Taxes

Author: Mandy Rafool

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781580242356

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This report examines the various types of taxable property and explains the mechanics of how property taxes are levied. It also examines various types of property and examines how states classify property and how they apply different assessment ratios. Even though the property tax is largely a local tax, state law provides the power to impose it. In addition, state legislatures develop property tax policies that have major effects on local governments' ability to raise revenue and provide services.--Publisher's description.

The Property Tax and Local Autonomy
The Property Tax and Local Autonomy

Author: Michael E. Bell

Publisher: Lincoln Inst of Land Policy

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 9781558442061

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This book examines the issues and consequences of a declining property tax base with respect to local government autonomy. Some of the nation's leading scholars provide their views on how the property tax effects intergovernmental relations, local autonomy, and education finance. --from publisher description