A Good Tax: Legal and Policy Issues for the Property Tax in the United States
- ISBN-10
- 1558443428
- ISBN-13
- 9781558443426
- Category
- Local finance
- Pages
- 260
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016
- Author
- Joan Youngman
Description
In A Good Tax, tax expert Joan Youngman skillfully considers how to improve the operation of the property tax and supply the information that is often missing in public debate. She analyzes the legal, administrative, and political challenges to the property tax in the United States and offers recommendations for its improvement. The book is accessibly written for policy analysts and public officials who are dealing with specific property tax issues and for those concerned with property tax issues in general.
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