Download or read book Impact Effectiveness and Fairness of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 890 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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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 Implications of H R 3838 the Tax Reform Act written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 976 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Handbook of Fiscal Policy written by Jack Rabin and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2001-12-19 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing forty articles written by experts, this book explores the development of government spending and revenue policymaking, the legacy of John Maynard Keynes, taxes and tax policies, government budgeting and accounting, and government debt management. Topics include the implications of the federal balanced budget amendment, factors that affect implementation of fiscal policies, the relationship between tax assessment and economic prosperity, and debt management strategies by government institutions. It covers the role of government in formulating economic policies for growth and full employment and reviews issues associated with the implementation of fiscal policies.

Download or read book Handbook of Monetary and Fiscal Policy written by Alan A. Rabin and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2001-12-19 with total page 1848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the politics of economic policy, focusing on forecasting, inflation, interest rates, market expectations, financial crises, disruptions in global markets, and tax policy, as well as state and local government budgeting, financial management, and policy initiatives for development and growth.

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Download or read book The Fiscal Behavior of State and Local Governments written by Harvey S. Rosen and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 1997 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects 17 papers by Rosen (economics and business policy, Princeton U.), many of which are empirical and involve econometric analysis of large data sets. Rosen shows how state and local government spending and taxing decisions are made in an intertemporal context that takes into account future prices and income, and are influenced by the economic environments in which they occur. Three papers co-authored with Daniel R. Feenberg (National Bureau of Economic Research) lay out a consistent methodology for characterizing state tax structures. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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