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We analyze the welfare implications of property taxation. Using a sufficient statistics approach, we show that the tax incidence depends on how housing prices, labor and other types of incomes as well as public services respond to property tax changes. Empirically, we exploit the German...
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We examine the effects of Proposition 2-1/2--a property tax limitation law approved by Massachusetts voters in 1980--and assess voter satisfaction with these effects. We find that the Proposition had a smaller effect on local revenues and spending than expected, as a result of both amendments to...
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generally above their socially optimal level. This theory can help explain why many people believe property taxes are excessive … in excessive rates. I test this theory on a sample of Pennsylvania municipalities in the Philadelphia suburbs. This is a … not possible to reject the theory's basic predictions, and numerical estimates suggest that a five year delay in community …
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Service tax is imposed on renting of immovable property for use in business or commerce. Residential properties are not subject to tax. This article examines use of residential property partly for business or commerce and service tax implications thereon
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The property tax was originally intended to be a tax on the stock of wealth, in essence all property – real and personal, tangible and intangible. Estimating the property tax base without any exemptions or other legal deviations from market value is an exercise that permits the discussion to...
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