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9 Tax on Land and Buildings
Author:
Joan M. Youngman
Language:
English
Keywords:
BOOK
;
excise
;
tax authorities
;
tax
;
income tax
;
ability to pay
;
acquisition value base
;
land value
;
property value
;
building value
;
Legal support in revenue administration
;
Property tax
;
Land tax
;
Collateral
;
Income and capital gains taxes
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Abstract
The thing generally raised on city land is taxes. —Charles Dudley Warner
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Tax Law Design and Drafting, Volume 1
Author:
Mr. Victor T Thuronyi
ISBN:
9781557755872
Publication Date:
23 Aug 1996
Publisher:
International Monetary Fund
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781557755872.071
Pages:
531
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Table of Contents
Front Matter
Front Matter
1 Tax Legislative Process
2 Legal Framework for Taxation
3 Drafting Tax Legislation
4 Law of Tax Administration and Procedure
5 Regulation of Tax Professionals
6 Value-Added Tax
7 VAT Treatment of Immovable Property
8 Excises
9 Tax on Land and Buildings
10 Taxation of Wealth
11 Social Security Taxation
12 Presumptive Taxation
13 Adjusting Taxes for Inflation
Back Matter
Back Matter
Sections
Abstract
I. Introduction
A. Why a Property Tax?
1. Local Government Finance
2. Defining the Public Claim on Property Value
3. Inelastic Tax Base
4. Equity Arguments
B. Drafting Issues
C. Terminology
II. Legal Issues in Defining the Tax Base
A. Types of Property Subject to Tax
B. Measure of the Tax Base
1. Market Value as a Tax Base
2. Capital Value and Annual Value
3. Income-Based Valuation
4. Area-Based Taxation
5. Acquisition Value
6. Other Tax Bases
C. Special Assessments and Betterment Levies
D. Market Value Taxation in Developing Economies
E. Taxation In Rem or In Personam
F. Defining the Unit
G. Exemptions
III. Property Rights and Valuation
A. What Is “Ownership”?
B. Property Rights and Tax Liability
C. Valuation of Land and Buildings
IV. Legal Issues in Setting the Tax Rate
A. Use of Assessment Ratios
B. Responsibility for Setting Tax Rates
V. Administrative Issues
A. Assignment of Responsibility
B. Enforcement and Liens
C. Revaluation Cycles
VI. Checklist of Issues for Legislative Drafting
A. Scope of the Tax
B. Identification of the Taxpayer
C. Exemptions
D. Concessions and Preferential Assessments
E. Measurement of the Tax Base
F. Setting the Tax Rate
G. Intergovernmental Issues
H. Procedural Issues
I. Collection and Enforcement
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