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ABSTRACTS: Sustaining Mass Transit through Land Value Taxation? Prospects for Chicago
CTA stations add about $4 billion in residential property value to the City of Chicago. Capturing that added land value…
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ABSTRACTS: Elizabeth Line delivery to top original forecasts on new homes created with property values expected to soar
Property values are projected to soar in the new Elizabeth Line corridor of London’s Crossrail underground project. Another case for…
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ABSTRACTS: How to prevent Philly’s property-tax abatement from becoming a subsidy for the rich
Philadelphia’s property tax abatement program was envisioned as a come-on to get urban pioneers to invest in fringe neighborhoods. But…
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ABSTRACTS: History of Land Value Taxation (Site Value Rating) in Australia
Australia has been benefiting from Land Value Taxation since 1906. The states of New South Wales and Queensland collect land…
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ABSTRACTS: Ferries Prompt a Rising Housing Tide
Expanded ferry service on New York City’s East River brings a surge of interest in riverfront development. Not surprisingly ferry…
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ABSTRACTS: The Subway Is Next Door. Should New Yorkers Pay Extra for That?
For many years New York City’s subway system has fueled the city’s economy and enriched landlords and real estate developers…
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Revealing the Cost of Property Tax Incentives for Business
Author Timothy Bartik found that state and local governments spent $45 billion on total business tax incentives in 2015. To…
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Book Review — A Good Tax: Legal and Policy Issues for the Property Tax in the United States, by Joan M. Youngman and Lincoln Institute of Land Policy (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2016), 260 pages.
Reviewed in ABA Tax Times, August 2017 by Bree Ermentrout, Springfield, VA The term “good tax” may raise eyebrows outside…
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ABSTRACTS: Sitting on Assets in Vancouver BC
Homeowners in Vancouver B.C., made more financial gain by sitting on their property than the entire population did through wage-earning…
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