<p> This paper attempts to quantify disparate growth in Hamilton's Central Area. The spatial variation over time of three economic indicators was studied to do this. These indicators were property tax assessments, and multi-family and single-family property sales. The Central Area was divided into four geographic zones so that the indicator change could be associated with different parts of the Area. The results indicate that the northeastern sections of the Central Area experienced and are continuing to experience slower economic growth compared to the southwestern sections. </p> / Thesis / Bachelor of Arts (BA)

Forest property taxes play an integral role when private landowners make land use and management decisions. Economists often suggest that taxes should be neutral, thus causing no change in land use or management decisions compared to the pre-tax condition. The traditional ad valorem property tax has long been criticized, particularly as it pertains to forestry, because of its distortionary properties and inherent bias against long-rotation investments. Alternatives to the traditional forest property tax include current use assessment, productivity, yield, and site value taxes. The site value tax is a property tax on the market value of bare land only, exempting improvements. In theory, the site value tax has been championed as the only neutral property tax alternative; however, in actual application, a forest site value tax may prove to be non-neutral and, by certain measures, inequitable. The degree of the tax's neutrality can be linked to the method of tax administration and the ability of assessors to accurately determine bare land market values for a wide range of site qualities. This paper reviews literature on forest property tax alternatives and theoretically examines the efficiency of an applied forest site value tax. The adequacy and equity of a proposed forest site value tax are examined in detail and compared for two study areas: Western Oregon and Alabama; in light of local governmental budget constraints. Although the site value tax may represent a less-distortional vehicle for collecting local taxes, it is unlikely to be politically or administratively feasible. Also, given the existence of other distortions in the economy, a site value tax may not prove to be the most efficient tax in application, despite its neutral properties. / Master of Science

All real property in Virginia, including mineral land, improvements thereon, and minerals, is reserved for localities as a source of tax revenue. The ad valorem taxation of mineral property has traditionally been a responsibility of county commissioners of the revenue. Because of the technical nature of mineral property assessment and the lack of expert assistance available to commissioners of the revenue, there arises a question as to the equity with which mineral property is taxed. Since coal is Virginia's most extensive mineral resource, the study was confined to the ad valorem taxation of coal property. It was found that often economic factors such as thickness of the seem, quality of the coal, and location of the deposit are not considered by commissioners of the revenue in evaluating coal property. Investigations made in the large coal-producing counties revealed wide variations in assessment procedures, involving heavy reliance on information obtained from the owners of coal deposits. This indicates the probable existence of inequalities in the assessment of mineral property. A comparison of assessed valuation and the taxes levied thereon with the value of mineral production further indicates the existence of inequalities. It was found that the taxes levied on all mineral property, and the taxes levied on mineral property under development only, amounted to 0.L and 0.1 percent, respectively, of the value of mineral production. Also indicated, but not conclusively, was a lower ratio of assessed to actual value for coal property than for ordinary real property. A majority of the commissioners of the revenue interviewed felt that improvements needed to be made in assessment procedures in order to bring about a more equitable ad valorem taxation of mineral property. Assistance similar to that provided counties in the assessment of ordinary real property by the State Department of Taxation would seem a logical solution to the problem of attaining accurate mineral property assessment data. Such assistance might be properly provided by the Virginia Geological Survey. The provision of assistance in determining the extent and value of mineral property would overcome the basic difficulty associated with the ad valorem taxation of such property. / Master of Science

財產稅分成單一稅率財產稅制以及雙率財產稅制。財產稅稅基依賴的是評估價值，稅基通常沒有正確反應市價，雙率的財產稅制在有效稅率以及評估比率估算上皆較單一稅率稅制複雜；此外，房價居高不下之下，財產稅資本化效果的探討更有其必要性，因此本研究選取財產稅制度已實施雙率稅制數十年台灣的首都台北市，並且選取自用住宅為樣本，探討在雙率稅制下，衡量「1－評估比率」、財產稅有效稅率、以及探討財產稅資本化效果。 有效稅率以及評估比率方面，結論可以得知台北市及12個行政區之「自用住宅」財產稅有效稅率皆有極為偏低的現象，以及台北市以及每一個行政區的平均「1-評估比率」都至少有七成以上，這表示政府相關單位必須要將評估比率提高，提高財產稅有效稅率，才能有效降低稅基與市場價格之間的偏離程度。此外，土地與房屋分離課稅，地價稅的稅基土地公告地價以及房屋稅稅基房屋評定現值由不同評價委員會估價之下，容易產生評估比率偏低狀況，因此建議將不動產評議委員會以及地價評議委員會合併成單一的委員會，在評估價值的誤差應該會有顯著的降低。 財產稅資本化效果方面，發現台北市自用住宅的財產稅稅賦負擔太輕，尤其是地價稅，因此無法透過提高財產稅的方式來抑制房價。此外，根據分量迴歸的結果發現，房屋稅支出愈高，低房價的房屋總價會降低，這結果表示在低房價房屋稅的租稅負擔是高於最適水準；然而高房價的房屋總價會因房屋稅支出愈高反而愈高，這結果表示在高房價房屋稅的租稅負擔是低於最適水準。因此透過這些發現，建議台北市政府相關單位應將高房價的房屋稅租稅負擔提高超過最適水準，藉由此才能有效的抑制房價的上漲。 / This paper investigates the assessment ratio, effective property tax rate and property tax capitalization for owner-occupied residential houses in Taipei, which employs a split-rate property tax system. The analysis finds that the effective property tax burden is lower in Taipei. Therefore, the tax authority should work to raise the effective property tax rates and minimize the biases in order to raise assessment ratios. Ideally, if the committees could be integrated into a single committee, assessed value biases may be able to be significantly reduced. In property tax capitalization, we find that current property tax rate is smaller than the optimal one in Taipei. Current property tax burden especially from the land value tax is too light, so a higher property tax rate cannot be negatively capitalized into the house prices. Moreover, we also find that there is a positive house tax capitalization only for the high value houses, but a negative house tax capitalization for low value houses. These findings imply that Taipei authority has to raise the property tax burden especially for high value houses to be above the optimal level if it wants to effectively cool down the rising house value.

為了瞭解是否由於評價制度的累退偏差而使我國財產稅累退現象更為嚴重，本文利用Paglin and Fogarty (1972)發展之方法來測度財產稅垂直不公平和水平不公平。其假設完全公平情況下，評定價值對市場價格應是一致性，即評定價值與市場價格要維持一定百分比；當評定價值與市場價格未保持一定比例而導致垂直不公平時，其增減可用1-(b_e/b_i)來衡量，而S_y/AV乃估計水平不公平係數，即市場價格與評定價值未完全相關性，使相同價值之財產卻支付不同稅負。因此，便可利用上述評定價值與市場價格的離散程度來衡量不公平情形。 　　有關實證資料係以民國79年至82年臺北市大安區實際買賣資料為基礎，並配合稅捐機關的課稅資料做迴歸分析。實證結果發現財產市價愈高者，其評定價值佔市價之比例反而比市價較低者之財產為低，以至隨著市價上升，有效稅率反而下降。並且同樣價值的財產支付不同稅負的水平不公平情形相當嚴重。再利用法院拍賣價格來衡量房屋類型和區位其評價／市價之差異，結果新興郊區和一樓其比值最低，顯示往往因地區及房屋類型之不同而有不同評價標準。 　　從以上分析結果顯見評價與市價脫節之事實，是造成我國財產稅不公平原因之一，若是冀望財產稅能發揮平衡社會財富的功能，應儘速建立一套完整、合理的評價制度，使財產稅的稅基合理化，以促進稅制之公平性。

Call number: LD2668 .T4 1955 C67 / Master of Science

The objective of this study is to obtain an in-depth understanding of the practical working of property tax administration in Jamaica. It highlights the major enforcement and compliance practices along with how the invisible and underlying interactions of actors in the field shape these practices. It also explores those issues and circumstances along with the existing patterns of interests which have contributed to the continued practice of the central administration of the property tax. The study also emphasizes struggles in the property tax field between the various players: the tax authority, the politicians, the developers, the local authorities, the central government and the taxpayers and how each one uses its capital to maintain or dominate its position within the property tax field. The findings revealed that there were various tensions and struggles among the different players within property tax field in Jamaica. The players in the field used their ‘capitals’ to maintain, dominate and or attempt to make changes to the property tax rules. The findings suggest that some property tax enforcement practices were the means through which these tensions were manifested and resolved or on the other hand, the tax authority attempted to use the current practices as hidden agendas to highlight those tensions in order to stand their ground or obliquely suggest changes or even to demonstrate its tacit support of government policies. The findings also suggest that the non-localization of the property tax may be due to varied political interests, mistrust in the local authorities and also the perception by some players that there’s a lack of capital at the local level to manage the tax. Finally, taxpayers’ used their social, economic and cultural capital to resist enforcement and compliance efforts cheating the government of much needed revenues Property tax although not an important national tax is a critical source of revenue for local communities globally. An increased understanding of the working of the practices is beneficial and has implications for both taxpayers and policymakers. The three research questions posed in my study address and highlight the main property tax enforcement strategies and how the tax authority and policymakers use their capital to shape these practices; the extent to which non-localization of the property tax within the Portmore Municipality is influenced by the political dispositions of the players in the field and thirdly the dimensions of property tax compliance and non-compliance in Jamaica. The questions seek to demonstrate how the combination of the actions and interactions of tax administrators, taxpayers, politicians, developers, government bureaucrats reshape administrative practices in the property tax field which have implications for revenue generation and the provision of services. In keeping with the adoption of an interpretive inductive approach, face-to-face interviews were conducted with tax administrators, policymakers, councillors, mayors, taxpayers, members of civil society, a developer and a tax professional. A theoretical framework is created which combines the major themes and theoretical concepts within three strands of literature: tax administration, fiscal decentralization, and Bourdieu’s theory of practice. The structure provides the explanatory lens through which the findings are presented and interpreted. The study contributes to the tax scholarship through an interpretive methodical approach which gives an additional perspective on property tax administration. It answers the call for well-developed tax research dispelling the notion that tax research is adequately dealt with. This study contributes to the tax literature by demonstrating that taxation isn’t just a technical issue; that the legal framework and administrative framework don’t necessarily coincide with practice; that tax practice is shaped by the actions and interactions of players in the field, making it a social construction; that players use their power to influence property tax practice and that players actions are conditioned by their background. The study also contributes a conceptual framework for property tax practice.

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The diploma thesis deals with the taxation of real estates in the Czech and Slovak Republic from 1993 to the present. An important starting point is the former common state and a similar system of property tax. Submitted thesis tries to highlight the most significant differences in taxation, which were noticeable in the beginning of independent states. Differences were deepened due to force of new Slovak law. The attention is focused on local self-government, i.e. municipality and its authority in determining the property tax revenue. The range of authorities can be understood as reflect of fiscal decentralisation, which is qualitatively and quantitatively described in the analytical part of the thesis.

Fiscal externalities bring benefits or costs to more units of public governments and they are caused by the activity of just one of them. Externalities are generally described in the first part of the thesis as well as the fiscal and tax externalities. The theoretical part of the thesis deals also with tax exporting and the tax competition. The end of this part is comprised by the relation among the municipalities, fiscal externalities and the property tax. The second part of the thesis is more analytical and includes own research using data primarily collected then the analysis and finally evaluation are made. The final chapter of the thesis is more focused on the individual tax bases of the property tax and possible tax exporting relating to these tax bases. This chapter also includes the foreign studies where the issue of tax exporting is discussed.