Download or read book Achieving Fairness in Your Property Taxes written by Nebraska. Property Tax Division and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Making Money Matter written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1999-11-30 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States annually spends over $300 billion on public elementary and secondary education. As the nation enters the 21st century, it faces a major challenge: how best to tie this financial investment to the goal of high levels of achievement for all students. In addition, policymakers want assurance that education dollars are being raised and used in the most efficient and effective possible ways. The book covers such topics as: Legal and legislative efforts to reduce spending and achievement gaps. The shift from "equity" to "adequacy" as a new standard for determining fairness in education spending. The debate and the evidence over the productivity of American schools. Strategies for using school finance in support of broader reforms aimed at raising student achievement. This book contains a comprehensive review of the theory and practice of financing public schools by federal, state, and local governments in the United States. It distills the best available knowledge about the fairness and productivity of expenditures on education and assesses options for changing the finance system.
Download or read book The Property Tax School Funding Dilemma written by Daphne A. Kenyon and published by Lincoln Inst of Land Policy. This book was released on 2007 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Fairness in Property Tax Assessment written by Barry A. Diskin and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Is My Property Assessment Fair written by Paul Ferguson and published by Author House. This book was released on 2005-07-22 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you own a single family or multi-family home, then you also pay property taxes. If you must pay property taxes, the assessment on which this tax is based should be fair. Other than thinking the taxes or assessment are always too high, how do you know what is fair? The material presented in this book will provide valuable information that you as a property owner need to evaluate the fairness of your assessment. You’ll be provided insight on how the assessment process generally works, what the most significant as well as the most insignificant factors are that effect the assessment of your property, the most common mistakes made during the assessment process and more. Discover why it makes no difference in the fairness of your property assessment, if your Municipality is or has recently been revalued, or if the assessments have been in place for many years. How condominiums can often be assessed incorrectly. Or how land values can be assessed unfairly too name but a few of the assessing mistakes that can often happen. Whether you are a new property owner, or have owned your home for many years, you owe it too yourself, and your financial security, too know as much about the assessment process as possible. The information contained in this book will get you off to a great start in being an informed property owner.
Download or read book Are You Getting Screwed on Your Property Taxes written by Patricia Quintilian and published by . This book was released on 2010-07-27 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This easy to read book provides complete step by step information on appealing your property tax assessment; from abatement to your day in court. The book is also an expose on corruption within the property tax system nationwide, and offers solutions to this out of control and unfair system of taxation.
Download or read book A Good Tax written by Joan Youngman and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Equity and Fairness Within Ad Valorem Real Property Taxes written by Frances Plimmer and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Challenge Your Taxes written by James E. A. Lumley and published by Wiley. This book was released on 1998-01-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to save hundreds--even thousands--of dollars a year in property taxes You can't escape paying property taxes, but you can avoid paying more than you have to. This authoritative new guide explains how. Written by an experienced real estate counselor, Challenge Your Taxes helps you evaluate your property assessment and pinpoint any inaccuracies that, once amended, could dramatically reduce your tax bill. With proven guidelines and practical tips, you'll learn how to determine what your property is really worth, qualify your property for a deduction, and--in the case of an unfair assessment--prepare and present a successful appeal. Here's where you'll find complete details on: * Property valuation--fair market value, comparable sales and cost approach, amenity considerations * Assessors--who they are, what they do, and what they look for * Checking your property information--study your property record file, confirm property category, use sales/assessment ratio to establish fair value * Common assessment errors--miscalculated land area, incorrect judgment of condition, comparable sales ignored, wrong zoning classification * Assessment appeals--summary of procedure, presentation checklist, the appeal board, abatements Packed with helpful worksheets and numerous examples, as well as sample forms and addresses of state appeals agencies, this indispensable resource has everything you need to Challenge Your Taxes successfully.
Download or read book A Strategy for Property Tax Fairness in Arizona written by Lawrence D. Mann and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tax Fairness written by Texas Tax Reform Commission and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rethinking Property Tax Incentives for Business written by Daphne A. Kenyon and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The use of property tax incentives for business by local governments throughout the United States has escalated over the last 50 years. While there is little evidence that these tax incentives are an effective instrument to promote economic development, they cost state and local governments $5 to $10 billion each year in forgone revenue. Three major obstacles can impede the success of property tax incentives as an economic development tool. First, incentives are unlikely to have a significant impact on a firm's profitability since property taxes are a small part of the total costs for most businesses--averaging much less than 1 percent of total costs for the U.S. manufacturing sector. Second, tax breaks are sometimes given to businesses that would have chosen the same location even without the incentives. When this happens, property tax incentives merely deplete the tax base without promoting economic development. Third, widespread use of incentives within a metropolitan area reduces their effectiveness, because when firms can obtain similar tax breaks in most jurisdictions, incentives are less likely to affect business location decisions. This report reviews five types of property tax incentives and examines their characteristics, costs, and effectiveness: property tax abatement programs; tax increment finance; enterprise zones; firm-specific property tax incentives; and property tax exemptions in connection with issuance of industrial development bonds. Alternatives to tax incentives should be considered by policy makers, such as customized job training, labor market intermediaries, and business support services. State and local governments also can pursue a policy of broad-based taxes with low tax rates or adopt split-rate property taxation with lower taxes on buildings than land.State policy makers are in a good position to increase the effectiveness of property tax incentives since they control how local governments use them. For example, states can restrict the use of incentives to certain geographic areas or certain types of facilities; publish information on the use of property tax incentives; conduct studies on their effectiveness; and reduce destructive local tax competition by not reimbursing local governments for revenue they forgo when they award property tax incentives.Local government officials can make wiser use of property tax incentives for business and avoid such incentives when their costs exceed their benefits. Localities should set clear criteria for the types of projects eligible for incentives; limit tax breaks to mobile facilities that export goods or services out of the region; involve tax administrators and other stakeholders in decisions to grant incentives; cooperate on economic development with other jurisdictions in the area; and be clear from the outset that not all businesses that ask for an incentive will receive one.Despite a generally poor record in promoting economic development, property tax incentives continue to be used. The goal is laudable: attracting new businesses to a jurisdiction can increase income or employment, expand the tax base, and revitalize distressed urban areas. In a best case scenario, attracting a large facility can increase worker productivity and draw related firms to the area, creating a positive feedback loop. This report offers recommendations to improve the odds of achieving these economic development goals.
Download or read book Challenge Your Taxes written by James E. A. Lumley and published by Wiley. This book was released on 1998-01-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to save hundreds--even thousands--of dollars a year in property taxes You can't escape paying property taxes, but you can avoid paying more than you have to. This authoritative new guide explains how. Written by an experienced real estate counselor, Challenge Your Taxes helps you evaluate your property assessment and pinpoint any inaccuracies that, once amended, could dramatically reduce your tax bill. With proven guidelines and practical tips, you'll learn how to determine what your property is really worth, qualify your property for a deduction, and--in the case of an unfair assessment--prepare and present a successful appeal. Here's where you'll find complete details on: * Property valuation--fair market value, comparable sales and cost approach, amenity considerations * Assessors--who they are, what they do, and what they look for * Checking your property information--study your property record file, confirm property category, use sales/assessment ratio to establish fair value * Common assessment errors--miscalculated land area, incorrect judgment of condition, comparable sales ignored, wrong zoning classification * Assessment appeals--summary of procedure, presentation checklist, the appeal board, abatements Packed with helpful worksheets and numerous examples, as well as sample forms and addresses of state appeals agencies, this indispensable resource has everything you need to Challenge Your Taxes successfully.
Download or read book Modernizing the Property Tax written by Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Family Properties written by Beryl Satter and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2010-03-02 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part family story and part urban history, a landmark investigation of segregation and urban decay in Chicago -- and cities across the nation The "promised land" for thousands of Southern blacks, postwar Chicago quickly became the most segregated city in the North, the site of the nation's worst ghettos and the target of Martin Luther King Jr.'s first campaign beyond the South. In this powerful book, Beryl Satter identifies the true causes of the city's black slums and the ruin of urban neighborhoods throughout the country: not, as some have argued, black pathology, the culture of poverty, or white flight, but a widespread and institutionalized system of legal and financial exploitation. In Satter's riveting account of a city in crisis, unscrupulous lawyers, slumlords, and speculators are pitched against religious reformers, community organizers, and an impassioned attorney who launched a crusade against the profiteers—the author's father, Mark J. Satter. At the heart of the struggle stand the black migrants who, having left the South with its legacy of sharecropping, suddenly find themselves caught in a new kind of debt peonage. Satter shows the interlocking forces at work in their oppression: the discriminatory practices of the banking industry; the federal policies that created the country's shameful "dual housing market"; the economic anxieties that fueled white violence; and the tempting profits to be made by preying on the city's most vulnerable population. Family Properties: Race, Real Estate, and the Exploitation of Black Urban America is a monumental work of history, this tale of racism and real estate, politics and finance, will forever change our understanding of the forces that transformed urban America. "Gripping . . . This painstaking portrayal of the human costs of financial racism is the most important book yet written on the black freedom struggle in the urban North."—David Garrow, The Washington Post
Download or read book Strong Towns written by Charles L. Marohn, Jr. and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new way forward for sustainable quality of life in cities of all sizes Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Build American Prosperity is a book of forward-thinking ideas that breaks with modern wisdom to present a new vision of urban development in the United States. Presenting the foundational ideas of the Strong Towns movement he co-founded, Charles Marohn explains why cities of all sizes continue to struggle to meet their basic needs, and reveals the new paradigm that can solve this longstanding problem. Inside, you’ll learn why inducing growth and development has been the conventional response to urban financial struggles—and why it just doesn’t work. New development and high-risk investing don’t generate enough wealth to support itself, and cities continue to struggle. Read this book to find out how cities large and small can focus on bottom-up investments to minimize risk and maximize their ability to strengthen the community financially and improve citizens’ quality of life. Develop in-depth knowledge of the underlying logic behind the “traditional” search for never-ending urban growth Learn practical solutions for ameliorating financial struggles through low-risk investment and a grassroots focus Gain insights and tools that can stop the vicious cycle of budget shortfalls and unexpected downturns Become a part of the Strong Towns revolution by shifting the focus away from top-down growth toward rebuilding American prosperity Strong Towns acknowledges that there is a problem with the American approach to growth and shows community leaders a new way forward. The Strong Towns response is a revolution in how we assemble the places we live.
Download or read book How to Legally Reduce Your Property Taxes written by Paul R. Mumford and published by Paul Roland Publication. This book was released on 1991 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The complete manual on successfully challenging tax assessments. 28,400 plus words plus 72 pages of sample forms, State Tax Rules, complete tax calendar, filing dates & typical notices. Although the author includes numerous citations & references, he studiously avoids "legalese" & describes in plain, easy-to-read language: where Assessors' errors occur; why they happen; what they are; the little known frequency of them; & how to quickly, easily & informally proceed to have erroneous valuations corrected. The manual outlines the basic duties of the Assessor's office; explains how to recognize excessive mechanical/clerical tax assessments; describes illegal Assessor errors which may result in interest owed the taxpayer; introduces fundamental appraisal concepts & how to apply them to the taxpayer's property; tells where & what to look for in the Assessor's records; & describes how to gather comparable information in preparation for meetings with the Assessor. Checklists & step-by-step instructions help determine if an adjustment is warranted; how & the best time to approach the Assessor; negotiating techniques; appeal deadlines; & how to file the necessary procedural forms for informal reviews & formal hearings. Published by: Paul Roland Publications, 675 Fairview Drive, #246, Carson City, NV 89701-5436. (702) 883-4475 (24 hour voice-mail/fax.
