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Are Local Property Taxes Regressive, Progressive, or What?

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  • Wallace E. Oates
  • William A. Fischel

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Local property taxes are commonly regarded as regressive, but the two dominant (and competing) views of the property tax would disagree. Under the capital-tax view, the national element of the tax is a tax on real estate capital, which makes it somewhat inefficient but progressive, given the distribution of ownership of real property. Under the benefit view, the local component of the property tax is not really a tax but a fee for service. We describe evidence that the capital-tax view applies in relatively undeveloped areas, while the benefit view is more relevant in developed urban areas.

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  • Wallace E. Oates & William A. Fischel, 2016. "Are Local Property Taxes Regressive, Progressive, or What?," National Tax Journal, National Tax Association;National Tax Journal, vol. 69(2), pages 415-434, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:ntj:journl:v:69:y:2016:i:2:p:415-434
    DOI: 10.1086/NTJ44014529
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    1. Momi Dahan, 2023. "Social Construction And The Progressivity Of Local Tax Relief," Israel Economic Review, Bank of Israel, vol. 21(1), pages 1-33, March.
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    4. Daniel McMillen & Ruchi Singh, 2020. "Assessment Regressivity and Property Taxation," The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Springer, vol. 60(1), pages 155-169, February.
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    6. Michael Wasylenko, 2017. "Financing Central Cities: The Economics Underlying Fiscal Strategy Options With Special Reference to Syracuse City and the Consensus Report," Center for Policy Research Working Papers 204, Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School, Syracuse University.
    7. Vejchodská, Eliška & Barreira, Ana Paula & Auziņš, Armands & Jürgenson, Evelin & Fowles, Steven & Maliene, Vida, 2022. "Bridging land value capture with land rent narratives," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 114(C).
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    9. Murray, Cameron & Hermans, Jesse Benjamin, 2019. "Land value is a progressive and efficient property tax base: Evidence from Victoria," OSF Preprints mxg3j, Center for Open Science.

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