• CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    Isn’t this property tax? Which I believe every state has. There should probably be a larger homestead discount though. It’s nothing where I live.

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      3 hours ago

      it’s a tax on land.

      not a tax on property or improvements on the land.

      often the idea being you incentivize development because the developed land is taxed at the same or lower rate than undeveloped land.

      a conventional property tax taxes the land and the improvements equally. this often disincentivized development because developing the land means paying more taxes.

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        1 hour ago

        But doesn’t development increase the land value as well? In high demand places the land value is the significant factor in the property anyways.