Voters Hold the Key
Title | Voters Hold the Key PDF eBook |
Author | Ron Cheung |
Publisher | DIANE Publishing |
Pages | 40 |
Release | 2011-05 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1437928765 |
Since Calif. voters approved Prop. 13 in 1978, 15 states have enacted caps on the annual growth in assessed property values. Some argue that support for tax limitations is driven not by perceptions of gov¿t. inefficiency but by reasonable expectations of who will ultimately bear the tax limitation's burden. This paper explores this view by exploiting the differential tax treatment generated by assessment caps in the context of a recent, novel referendum in Florida. The authors examine voter support for a 2008 constitutional amendment that included a provision making the existing assessment cap portable within the state. High potential tax savings and high expected mobility rates result in higher support for portability. Illus. A print on demand report.
Property Tax Limitations and Mobility
Title | Property Tax Limitations and Mobility PDF eBook |
Author | Nada Wasi |
Publisher | |
Pages | 38 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Housing |
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"Proposition 13, adopted by California voters in 1978, mandates a property tax rate of one percent, requires that properties be assessed at market value at the time of sale, and allows assessments to rise by no more than 2% per year until the next sale. In this paper, we examine how Prop 13 has affected the average tenure length of owners and renters in California versus in other states. We find that from 1970 to 2000, the average tenure length of owners and renters in California increased by 1.04 years and .79 years, respectively, relative to the comparison states. We also find substantial variation in the response to Prop 13, with African-American households responding more than households of other races and migrants responding more than native-born households. Among owner-occupiers, the response to Prop 13 increases sharply as the size of the subsidy rises. Homeowners living in inland California cities such as Bakersfield receive Prop 13 subsidies averaging only $110/year and their average tenure length increased by only .11 years in 2000, but owners living in coastal California cities receive Prop 13 subsidies averaging in the thousands of dollars and their average tenure length increased by 2 to 3 years"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
Property Taxes and Tax Revolts
Title | Property Taxes and Tax Revolts PDF eBook |
Author | Arthur O'Sullivan |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 170 |
Release | 1995-01-27 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0521461596 |
Property tax revolts have occurred both in the United States and abroad. This book examines the causes and consequences of such revolts with a special focus on the California experience with Proposition 13. The work examines the consequences of property tax limitations for public finance with a detailed analysis of the tax system put into place in California. New theoretical approaches and new evidence from a comprehensive empirical study are used to highlight the equity and efficiency of property tax systems. Since property taxes are the primary source of revenue for local governments, the book compares and contrasts the experiences of several states with regard to the evolution of local government following property tax limitations. Finally, the book considers alternatives for reform and lessons to avoid future tax conflicts of this kind.
Property Tax Assessment Limits
Title | Property Tax Assessment Limits PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Haveman |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Property tax |
ISBN | 9781558441675 |
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 Good Tax
Title | A Good Tax PDF eBook |
Author | Joan Youngman |
Publisher | |
Pages | 260 |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | Local finance |
ISBN | 9781558443426 |
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 Taxes and Elderly Mobility
Title | Property Taxes and Elderly Mobility PDF eBook |
Author | Hui Shan |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | |
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The recent housing market boom in the U.S. has caused sharp increases in residential property taxes. Housing-rich but income-poor elderly homeowners often complain about rising tax burdens, and anecdotal evidence suggests that some move to reduce their tax burden. There has been little systematic analysis, however, of the link between property tax levels and the mobility rate of elderly homeowners. This paper investigates this link using household-level panel data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and a newly collected dataset on state-provided property tax relief programs. These relief programs generate variation in effective property tax burdens that is not due solely to arguably endogenous local community choices about taxes and expenditure programs. The findings provide evidence suggesting that higher property taxes raise mobility among elderly homeowners. The point estimates from instrumental variable estimation using relief programs to generate instruments suggest that a $100 increase in annual property taxes is associated with a 0.76 percentage point increase in the two-year mobility rate for homeowners over the age of 50. This is an eight percent increase from the baseline two-year mobility rate of nine percent. These results are robust to alternative specifications.
A Guide to Property Taxes
Title | A Guide to Property Taxes PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 48 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Law |
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