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2. Land value tax - Wikipedia

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   A land value tax ( LVT) is a levy on the value of land without regard to buildings, personal property and other improvements upon it. [1] It is also known as a location value tax, a point valuation tax, a site valuation tax, split rate tax, or a site-value rating . Some economists favor LVT, arguing it does not cause economic inefficiency, and ...

3. Land value tax in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Land value taxation (i.e. property tax applied only to the unimproved value of land) has a long history in the United States dating back from Physiocrat influence on Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin. It is most famously associated with Henry George and his book Progress and Poverty (1879), which argued that because the supply of land is ...

4. Property tax - Wikipedia

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   The assessment is made up of two components—the improvement or building value and the land or site value. The property tax is the main tax supporting local education, police, fire protection, government, roads, and most infrastructure, e.g. sewers, bridges, street lights. Many state and local jurisdictions add personal property taxes.

5. Land lot - Wikipedia

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   In real estate, a Land lot or plot of land is a tract or parcel of land owned or meant to be owned by some owner (s). A plot is essentially considered a parcel of real property in some countries or immovable property (meaning practically the same thing) in other countries. Possible owners of a plot can be one or more persons or another legal ...

6. Land use statistics by country - Wikipedia

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   Percentage figures for arable land, permanent crops land and other lands are all taken from the CIA World Factbook as well as total land area figures (Note: the total area of a country is defined as the sum of total land area and total water area together.) All other figures, including total cultivated land area, are calculated on the basis of ...

7. Property tax in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Median household income and taxes. Most local governments in the United States impose a property tax, also known as a millage rate, as a principal source of revenue. [1] This tax may be imposed on real estate or personal property. The tax is nearly always computed as the fair market value of the property, multiplied by an assessment ratio ...