property tax
a tax levied on real or personal property.
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She supports Measure A, the property tax increase for affordable housing, but said she has not yet decided whether to support Proposition 15.
The Ultimate Guide to the Local Election | Voice of San Diego | October 19, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoThe older one might go down a penny or two to outcompete the other, but the price is not determined by their property tax rate, it is determined by the market rate.
Local Dem Leaders Should Do More Homework on Prop. 15 | Myles Pomeroy | October 13, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoA house or a shopping mall or hotel would only go up in value 2 percent every year, at most, and thus the property tax on it would barely budge.
San Diego Democrats Struggle With Proposition 15 | Scott Lewis | October 5, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoWhen the property tax bill didn’t arrive in August, his wife, Lena, drove to the city clerk’s office to ensure the payment was on time.
In Detroit, chronic USPS delays undermine voters’ confidence in voting by mail | Lisa Rein, Kayla Ruble | October 5, 2020 | Washington PostA $900 million affordable housing bond will be on the November ballot despite some predictions that the property tax measure might collapse amid a pandemic that already swallowed up a transit tax measure.
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They then permit each school district to use its local property tax to raise additional funds as they choose.
How a 1973 Supreme Court Decision Has Contributed to Our Inequality | Geoffrey R. Stone | May 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt launched Nixon, Reagan, the great populist property tax revolts.
She opposed a property-tax freeze for seniors and pushed public-safety unions to reduce pension packages.
The city's gambling tax now takes in more than its property tax.
Records also show that Castro had fallen behind in his property-tax payments beginning in 2010.
How Could Alleged Kidnapper Ariel Castro Be Allowed to Drive a School Bus? | Steve Miller | May 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut ministers were induced to propose the continuance of the property-tax for a further period.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. NolanAnother is a more rigid enforcement of the personal-property tax; but this is equally unpromising.
Wolsey needed the sum of eight hundred thousand pounds, and proposed to raise it by a property tax of twenty per cent.
History of the English People, Volume III (of 8) | John Richard GreenSuch property tax is not a personal and direct, but an indirect tax.
International Law. A Treatise. Volume I (of 2) | Lassa Francis OppenheimTo these must be added in a suburban community water tax, property tax, perhaps even a fire tax.
Foods and Household Management | Helen Kinne
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