Tax Reform
Tax Reform in this context means policy debate at all levels of government. Included are education funding issues.
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New Jersey
- This corner of our site relates the history of LVT legislative efforts in the past, and hopes for passage in the near future. Although the benefit of LVT is clear to many, and would help the struggling cities of the Garden State, opposition by a very narrow niche of New Jersey's business community, the tax break dependent development community has battled furiously against LVT.
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The Fallacy of the Three-Legged Stool
- From "State Tax Notes" Dr. Bill Batt takes on an old chestnut. Does a healthy tax base and economic growth really require a smorgasboard of taxes? Batt disagrees. (In html format.)
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The Fallacy of the Three-Legged Stool
- PDF version of Dr. Batt's analysis.
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Schools and Property Taxes
- The assertion that property taxes are a regressive tool for education funding has not yet been proved. Yet, a land tax for school funding has been studied to show progressivity.
