Land Econ News
- From: "Mark M." <markm@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 13:51:14 GMT
AS downtown thrives, some buildings left behind
Business Gazette - Gaithersburg,MD,USA
.... Pierce is a big fan of land value taxation, a concept promoted by nonprofit
Center for the Study of Economics in Philadelphia. He ...
<http://www.gazette.net/stories/020206/frednew212115_31917.shtml>
OIL companies contribute $4.7 million to UA
UAA Northern Light - Anchorage,AK,USA
....Alaska’s taxation of the oil industry is very low by international standards, and the industry’s booming profits have led to criticism that Alaska should expect a bigger share of oil revenues. [University of Alaska President Mark]Hamilton said that he personally has faith in the market economy, but that the university has no position on such issues...
<http://www.thenorthernlight.org/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/31/43e00f720cda8>
LANDLESS Threaten Siege of Delhi
Inter Press Service (subscription) - Rome,Italy
.... He warned that India cannot become a major player in the global economy
unless it completed the land reform process. Sen, who addressed ...
<http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=32020>
DIRECT land tax collection up 53% in 2005
Globes - Rishon Le-Zion,Israel
Direct land tax collection rates saw a sharp increase in 2005, Globes has
learned. The sum total collected last year reached a record ...
<http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/DocView.asp?did=1000060519&fid=1725>
STORM brewing over accountability
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
.... value. Rates are related to council spending. They are not a land tax
-- unlike quit rent, which is based on land value. "They ...
<http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2006/2/12/lifefocus/13352154&sec=lifefocus>
STATE Senate sets property tax relief on backs of workers
Uniontown Herald Standard - Uniontown,PA,USA
HARRISBURG - The Pennsylvania Senate once again affirmed that property-tax
relief should be achieved on the backs of workers by passing a revised
bill last ...
<http://www.heraldstandard.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16106775&BRD=2280&PAG=461&dept_id=480247&rfi=6>
HEFTY Tax Likely on Second Home
CRI - Beijing,China
A land ministry official revealed Chinese authorities are considering a
heavy property tax on those who purchase a 2nd home or luxury housing.
....
<http://en.chinabroadcast.cn/855/2006/02/06/262@xxxxxxxxx>
WHY nations are poor, by Pat Utomi: Profiles in poverty and ...
Vanguard - Apapa,Lagos,Nigeria
.... A suffering private sector invariably turns to less risky rent-seeking
behaviour, a recipe, ultimately, for economic stagnation.". ...
<http://www.vanguardngr.com/articles/2002/viewpoints/vp506022006.html>
MILLIONS of Americans own second homes and investment properties
Bradenton Herald - FL, United States
.... and saved for use in a future tax year, or to shelter capital gains
from taxation when the ... However, land value is not depreciable because
it never wears out. ...
<http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/living/13774774.htm>
PANEL advances tax break for landlords
Chicago Tribune - United States
COOK COUNTY -- A property-tax break for landlords that will mean a small
change for homeowners and other taxpayers won approval Friday from a Cook
County ...
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-0602040193feb04,1,4167766.story?coll=chi-newslocalchicago-hed>
PLANNING gain supplement ‘fair and efficient' land tax but ...
CIOB International News - Ascot,Berkshire,UK
But the Newzeye conference on "the coming land tax" showed that the landowners
and developers whose resources and expertise are central to the desired
....
<http://www.ciobinternational.org/openArticle.asp?ArticleID=4847>
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