Making the Property Tax Work
Making the Property Tax Work

Author: Roy W. Bahl

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 494

ISBN-13:

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Students of public finance and fiscal decentralization in developing and transitional countries have long argued for more intensive use of the property tax. It would seem the ideal choice for financing local government services. Based on a Lincoln Institute conference held in October 2006, the chapters in this book take this argument one step further in drawing on recent experience with property tax policy and administration. Two main sets of issues are addressed. First, why hasn't the property tax worked well in most developing and transitional countries? Second, what can be done to make the property tax a more relevant source for local governments in those countries? The numerous advantages of the property tax as a local government revenue source are analyzed and discussed in detail as are the many perceived disadvantages.

Land Management Agencies
Land Management Agencies

Author: Robert B. Arthur

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1999-10

Total Pages: 78

ISBN-13: 9780788177316

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Federal land management agencies (FLMA) within the Department of the Interior and Agriculture administer revenue-sharing programs to compensate states and counties for the tax-exempt status of federal lands within their boundaries. This report provides information on: the programs that the FLMA's use to compensate states and counties and identify the major differences among these programs; the processes that Calif., Oregon, and Wash. (COW) use to distribute the federal payments to the counties and the major differences among them; and (3) the amount of federal compensation that COW received and distributed to their counties. Charts and Tables.