This investigation is concerned with determining the impact of the United States Supreme Court's Rodriguez decision upon the state and federal courts. The first chapter discusses the background behind the 1973 decision and outlines the basic issues. The second chapter examines the decision's impact upon opinions in the federal courts and concludes that Rodriguez has become a significant precedent. While school finance reform is dormant in the federal tribunals as a result of the decision, the third chapter concludes that reform is still possible in the state courts. However, there has been a deceleration in the rate of cases overturning school funding statutes since 1973. The final chapter examines some of the state legislatures and concludes that statutory reform is not necessarily linked to action in the courts.

The thesis analyses the real estate tax in the municipalities of Řevnice, Lety, Dobřichovice, Čisovice and Všenory during the period 2009 -- 2011. It focuses on the legal powers by which the municipalities may affect the amount of property tax revenue and the extent of their application. Moreover, there is an analysis evaluating the possibility of gaining an additional income from the property tax, in order to offset the deficit caused by the financial or economic crisis. The thesis is divided into four chapters. In the first chapter, there are listed the characteristics of income municipalities, the second chapter is devoted to property tax with an emphasis on the legislative framework; in the third chapter, there is an analysis of property tax revenue in the above listed municipalities, and the final chapter presents and summarizes the analysis results.

Master of Agribusiness / Department of Agricultural Economics / Allen M. Featherstone / Since 1977, the State of Illinois has used a use-value method of assessing farmland for property taxes. The method establishes farmland value by determining a five year average of net income from the land that is capitalized using a five year average interest rate. Other real estate in Illinois follows a different procedure for assessment. For example, residential property is assessed at one-third of its market value. The differences among the methods of assessment for farmland and other types of real estate, along with recent market increases in farmland values and a strong agriculture economy, have led some to question the current method of farmland assessment. The objective of this thesis is to determine the financial impact to farmers resulting from changing from the current use-value assessment of farmland to market-value assessment. This is accomplished with two sub-objectives: determine the potential change in farmland values that could occur and to determine the impact on net farm income that could occur if property tax policy was changed to market-value assessment. To accomplish the first sub-objective, a model was developed to estimate farmland values in Illinois based on the current use-value assessment property tax policy. This model was then adjusted to estimate farmland values under a market-value assessment property tax policy. The models demonstrated that farmland values could fall 53 percent, or an average of $2,548 per acre, in the year immediately following implementation of a tax policy change. Once farmland values stabilize after implementation of the tax policy change, farmland values would be 30 percent less, or an average of $1,875 per acre less, under market-value assessment than under use-value assessment. A simulation of net farm income over a ten year time frame was then conducted to estimate the potential change in net farm income that could occur from a change to market-value assessment. Like farmland values, the greatest impact to net farm incomes occur in the first year market-value assessment is implemented. Farmland values and the resulting property taxes then stabilize during later years. The simulation of net farm income over a ten year time frame estimates that net farm income would be 8 percent lower per year, or a reduction in net farm incomes of an average of $12,721 per year, under market-value assessment. The analysis also showed the potential for an average of a 2 percent increase in the probability that net farm income would fall below zero over the simulation time frame. The analysis demonstrates that a change from use-value assessment to market-value assessment of farmland could reduce farmland values and net farm incomes. Such a change in policy is not in the best interests of farmers or the agriculture industry in Illinois, as the reduced values and incomes would have wide reaching negative consequences that could reach beyond farmers and farmland owners.

Vid fastighetstaxering av lokalhyreshus tar inte värderingsmodellen för mark hänsyn till att det finns utrymmen under mark som generar hyresintäkter. Det innebär att taxeringsvärdet för markvärdet möjligtvis inte avspeglar marknadsvärdet.  Syftet med arbetet är att göra en kartläggning av två svenska städer för att tillhandahålla underlag som hjälper Lantmäteriet i sitt arbete att förbättra kvaliteten på taxeringsvärdet. Målet är att identifiera möjliga samband mellan marknadsvärdet i jämförelse med taxeringsvärdet för fastigheter med och utan utrymme under mark.  Metoderna som tillämpas är en kvalitativ analys av köpesummor i förhållande till taxeringsvärden och kvalitativa intervjuer. Analysen av köpesummor utfördes för att besvara om utrymme under mark påverkar marknadsvärdet jämfört med taxeringsvärdet. Intervjuerna syftar till att ge djupare kunskap om värdet för utrymme under mark. Resultatet från analysen av köpesummor visade att marknadsvärdet inte påverkades av utrymme under mark. Däremot framgick det i intervjuerna att markvärdet för utrymme under mark bör behandlas annorlunda vid taxering eftersom det har ett beaktansvärt värde. Slutsatsen blev därför att utrymme under mark som genererar intäkter borde tas med i fastighetstaxeringen under säregna förhållanden. / At a property tax assesment of a non-residential rental housing unit the valuation model of land does not take in to consideration the space beneath it that generate revenue from rent. This means that the tax assessment value of the land does not necessarily reflect the market value.   The purpose of this paper is to make a survey, of two Swedish cities, that can provide the National Land Survey with information that can help them improve the quality of the tax assessment value. The aim is to identify possible connections between the market value in comparison to the tax assessment value of properties with and without space beneath ground.  The methods used are a qualitative analysis of the purchase price in relation to tax assessment values and qualitative interviews. The analysis of the purchase price was done to answer if space beneath ground affects the market value compared to the tax assessment value. The interviews aim to create a deeper knowledge of the value of space beneath ground.  The results from the analysis of the purchase price showed that the market value was not affected by space beneath ground. However, it emerged in the interviews that the land value for space beneath ground should be handled differently during assassment, because it has a noteworthy value. The conclusion was that space beneath ground that generates revenue, should be included in the property tax assessment under special conditions.

We examine the working mechanisms and efficiencies of zoning (regulation of floor area ratios and land-use types) and fiscal instruments (tolls, property taxes, and income transfer), and extend the instrument choice theory to include the congestion of road and nonroad infrastructure. We show that in the spatial model with heterogeneous households the standard first-best instruments do not work because they trigger distortion of spatial allocations. In addition, because of the household heterogeneity and real estate market distortions, zoning could be less efficient than, as efficient as, or more efficient than pricing instruments. However, when the zoning enacted deviates from the optimum, zoning not only becomes inferior to congestion charges but is also likely to reduce welfare. In addition, we provide a global platform that extends the instrument choice theory of pollution control to include various types of externalities and a wide range of discrete policy deviations for any reasons beyond cost–benefit uncertainties.

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2018-02-07T11:04:53Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Gabriel Lemos Azi.pdf: 1142148 bytes, checksum: b3c8585a03119f320de93342e984dd56 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-02-07T11:04:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Gabriel Lemos Azi.pdf: 1142148 bytes, checksum: b3c8585a03119f320de93342e984dd56 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-01-30 / The aim of this dissertation is to analyze the figure of the Municipal Property Tax (IPTU). To do so, we begin our explanation by demonstrating the relevance of the legal principles as the foundation of the national legal system, the true vectors of interpretation of all legal rules, especially those concerning taxation. Next, we work with the federative principle and the autonomy of municipalities, since the Municipal Property Tax is a competence of municipal federated entities, and the Union or the states cannot legislate on the matter, except in cases expressly listed in the Federal Constitution of 1988. When discussing taxation, especially property taxes, it is imperative to demonstrate that the ordinary municipal legislator must observe the informative principles of taxation. In this work, we discuss the necessity of observing the principles of legality, both the general principle, prescribed in Article 5, item II, and the strict legality, prescribed in Article 150, item I, both in the Constitution. Similarly, it is essential to adopt a progressive taxation which complies with the principle of the taxpayer’s ability to contribute. Likewise, the Municipal Property Tax does not have the sole aim of filling public coffers; it is rather an effective instrument of stimulative function, and can be used by municipalities as an instrument of urban politics and protection of the environment, as determined by the constitutional legislator in Article 182, and infraconstutional, in the 10.257/01 Act / O objetivo da dissertação é analisar a figura do Imposto Predial e Territorial Urbano – IPTU. Para tanto, iniciaremos nossa explanação demonstrando a relevância dos princípios jurídicos como alicerces de todo o sistema jurídico nacional, verdadeiros vetores de interpretação de toda e qualquer norma jurídica, especialmente as que versam acerca da tributação. Após isso, trabalharemos com o princípio federativo e a autonomia dos municípios, visto que o IPTU é imposto de competência de entes federados municipais, não podendo a União e os estados membros legislar acerca da matéria, salvo nas hipóteses expressamente arroladas na Constituição Federal de 1988. Ao falar de tributação, especialmente sobre um imposto sobre a propriedade, é imperioso demonstrarmos que o legislador ordinário municipal deve observar os princípios informadores da exação. No presente trabalho, discorremos acerca da necessidade de observar os princípios da legalidade, tanto a geral, prescrita no artigo 5º, inciso II, quanto da legalidade estrita, prescrita no artigo 150, inciso I, ambos da Constituição. Do mesmo modo, é indispensável adotar uma tributação progressiva e que atenda ao princípio da capacidade contributiva do contribuinte. A mais disso, o IPTU não tem como única e exclusiva finalidade rechear os cofres públicos; é um eficaz instrumento de extrafiscalidade, podendo ser utilizado pelos Municípios como instrumento de política urbana e proteção ao meio ambiente, conforme determinação do legislador constitucional, no artigo 182, e infraconstitucional, ao editar a lei nº 10.257/01

This study examined different funding methods for financing public education in order to solve the problems associated with large numbers of school districts and great disparities in property wealth without abandonment of property tax as the major revenue source. Using enrollment and State Property Tax Board data for the 1,061 school districts in Texas in 1986-87, four alternative funding plans were studied to compare the equity and fiscal impact of each on public school finance in Texas. The state and local shares of the total cost of education were computed using a combination of three per-pupil expenditure levels and four funding formulas. The per-pupil expenditure levels used were $3,850, $4,200, and $4,580. The formulas used were representative of a full state funding plan, a percentage equalization plan, a power equalization plan, and a foundation school program plan. Since each of the four plans used significantly higher per-pupil expenditure values, all required a greater monetary investment on the part of the state. However, all plans were found to be equalizing in nature if set per-pupil expenditure values were maintained and no local enrichment was permitted. In addition, each of the four plans, as studied, met the fiscal neutrality standard of the 1987 Edqewood v. Kirbv case. The percentage and power equalization plans required less monetary investment on the part of the state than either full state funding or the foundation school program. As a result of the study, it is recommended that the state consider a combination of plans. For example, the state could employ a full state funding model up to the $3,850 per-pupil expenditure level with added permissible local millage being limited and power equalized. In addition, while each of the plans studied reduces inequity, the increased cost of an adequate public school education suggests that the state consider other sources of revenue to fund public education. These could include personal or corporate income taxes.

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Thesis (doctoral)--Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 7-13) and index.

The aim of my study was to determine the influence of the new property tax adjustment on the budgets of selected municipalities and to determine how these municipalities use and apply the possibility given to them by the legislative on property taxes. In my study, I compared 11 municipalities located in the Český Krumlov District. It includes the towns of Český Krumlov, Vyšší Brod, the township Frymburk and the municipalities of Větřní, Bohdalovice, Světlík, Lipno nad Vltavou, Kájov, Chvalšiny, Zlatá Koruna and Hořice na Šumavě. I compared the generally binding regulations in the tax periods 2008, 2009, 2010 and the revenues from the tax in the same periods in these selected municipalities.