Financing transportation with land value taxes: Effects on development intensity

Jason R. Junge, David Levinson

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Abstract

A significant portion of local transportation funding comes from the property tax. tax is conventionally assessed on both land and buildings, but transportation increases only the value of the land. A more direct and efficient way to fund transportation projects is to tax land at a higher rate than buildings. The lower tax on buildings would allow owners to retain more of the profits of their investment in construction, and would be expected to lead to higher development intensity. A partial equilibrium simulation is created for Minneapolis, Richfield and Bloomington, Minnesota to determine the intensity effects of various levels of split-rate property taxes for both residential and nonresidential development. The results indicate that split-rate taxes would lead to higher densities for both types of development in all three cities.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)49-63
Number of pages15
JournalJournal of Transport and Land Use
Volume5
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012

Keywords

  • Density
  • Development intensity
  • Minnesotatlefield
  • Property tax
  • Split-rate land tax
  • Value capture

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