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.

The Property Tax, School Funding Dilemma
The Property Tax, School Funding Dilemma

Author: Daphne A. Kenyon

Publisher: Lincoln Inst of Land Policy

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 63

ISBN-13: 9781558441682

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States experiencing taxpayer revolts among homeowners are tempted to reduce reliance on the property tax to fund schools. But a more targeted approach can provide property tax relief and improve state funding for public education. This policy focus report includes a comprehensive review of recent research on both property tax and school funding, and summarizes case studies of seven states-- California, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio and Texas. The majority of these states are heavily reliant on property tax revenues to fund schools. While there is no one-size-fits-all solution, the report recommends addressing property taxes and school funding separately.

The Worst Tax?
The Worst Tax?

Author: Glenn W. Fisher

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13:

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This text provides a history of property tax in America, revealing the fundamental difficulties confronting all past attempts at designing an equitable and efficient system of property taxation during the past two centuries.

Land Value Taxation
Land Value Taxation

Author: Richard F. Dye

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13:

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"Provides historical, economic, political and legal perspectives for understanding the many issues surrounding land taxation." - cover.

Detroit and the Property Tax
Detroit and the Property Tax

Author: Gary Sands

Publisher:

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781558443419

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This report outlines the problems underlying the erosion of Detroit's property tax base--a factor that contributed to the city's bankruptcy in 2013. It offers recommendations for reform at the local and state level, as well as insight and analysis to help policy makers across the country protect their communities from economic decline.