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Helpful local surtaxes? Florida and disadvantaged families

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  • Robert J. Eger, III
  • Bruce D. McDonald, III
  • D. Ryan Miller

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Well-intended tax policy often produces unintended consequences. In this article, we look at one such tax policy, specialised surtaxes in the State of Florida. Surtaxes are frequently adopted to provide financial assistance to poverty-based local programmes and services. Despite the intended benefits, we show that the contributors of the tax have been able to capitalise the cost into the residential property market, ultimately placing the burden of the surtax upon the population its revenue intends to help.

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  • Robert J. Eger, III & Bruce D. McDonald, III & D. Ryan Miller, 2017. "Helpful local surtaxes? Florida and disadvantaged families," Local Government Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 43(2), pages 170-193, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:flgsxx:v:43:y:2017:i:2:p:170-193
    DOI: 10.1080/03003930.2016.1263188
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    1. Junghack Kim & Bruce D McDonald & Jongmin Shon, 2022. "Does the charter form lead to lower borrowing costs? Examining the case of California local governments," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 93(1), pages 85-102, March.
    2. Sarah E. Larson & Bruce D. McDonald, 2023. "Taxation and citizen choice: The effect of a county charter on property taxes," Public Budgeting & Finance, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 43(1), pages 64-84, March.

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