[RP TownTalk] Land Value Tax Calculator

[Andrew Farrington]

On Thu, 13 Apr 2006, David Hiles wrote:

> The shifted amounts are small in most cases, which I think is what Mr. 
> Lingua noticed.  This small initial shift is intentional, so that there 
> is not a big disruption at the beginning.  The first change is something 
> like a 20 percent cut in the tax rate on improvements, with the revenue 
> made up by increasing the rate on land.  Over time, more of these 
> changes are made so that the town eventually gets to the target high 
> rate on land and the target low rate on improvements.  Making the change 
> all at once is unnecessary and would be cause more problems than it 
> would solve.

So, in other words, this handy calculator actually tells us nothing?

Andrew Farrington