property tax

2023 State Elections Feature Key Tax Questions

While most of the political world looks ahead to 2024, voters are making important choices on property taxes, wealth taxes, cannabis taxes, and more this...

October 19, 2023Richard C. Auxier

State and Local Issues: TaxVox

The Future Of Commercial Real Estate And Big City Budgets

More than three years after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the shift to remote work for many office workers has put the future of...

August 22, 2023Thomas Brosy

State and Local Issues: TaxVox

Detroit Considers Shift From Property To Land Value Taxation

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan (D) recently proposed raising the city’s tax on vacant or undeveloped land while reducing taxes on buildings by 30 percent. The...

July 24, 2023Lillian Hunter Sadie Bograd Aravind Boddupalli

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

New Jersey Property Tax Cut May Not Work As Intended

A major property tax cut proposal for seniors has New Jersey’s legislative leaders at odds with the governor as the state tries to wrap up...

June 8, 2023Richard C. Auxier

State and Local Issues: TaxVox

State Tax Limitations Inhibit Public School Funding And Educational Equity

As the first day of school approaches, remember that the quality of a child’s education is largely determined by where their public school is located...

August 19, 2021Jake Fisher

State and Local Issues: TaxVox

Critics Argue The Property Tax Is Unfair. Do They Have A Point?

Last month, an Idaho lawmaker called the property tax “ inherently evil ” and suggested the state repeal it and replace the foregone revenue with...

March 9, 2020Tracy Gordon

State and Local Issues: TaxVox

Taxes and Public Education: We get what we pay for… When we want it.

How and why do our property tax dollars fund public education? It’s a tricky thing, asking taxpayers to pay for something they don’t feel they use every day. After all, some see public education as a public good that serves the overall economy and community. But others… don’t.

May 2, 2018Renu Zaretsky

State and Local Issues: TaxVox

Guns, Soda, and a Modest Proposal

Or, The Case of State Preemption, Taxation, and Consternation

Last month, I had to tell my middle-school age children that something really bad happened at a high school. Not at the high school just over a mile from our home in Michigan, but at a high school in Parkland, Florida. Our children were horrified by the tragedy, and given a recent action by our school board, by something else.

March 7, 2018Renu Zaretsky

: TaxVox

Sorry, Pennsylvania Voters, Your Property Tax Isn’t Going Anywhere

On Election Day, 54 percent of Pennsylvania voters backed a convoluted ballot initiative aimed at ending homeowner’s property taxes. Sounds great, right? Well, unfortunately for...

November 17, 2017Richard C. Auxier

State and Local Issues: TaxVox

Why are Chicago homeowners leaving money on the table?

A year after moving to our new home in Michigan, we faced a big property tax hike. We swallowed hard, but paid it. After all, we had little choice, and it did reflect an increase in the value of our house. Then there is the story about homeowners in Chicago.

January 4, 2017Renu Zaretsky