Most all taxes are viewed primarily through one lens, the lens of revenue. How much money will a particular tax raise? Like many other municipal taxes, vehicle tax assessment is based on the ad valorem system, that is to say based on the commercial value of the vehicle. Often looked…
I developed this frequently asked question page in response to discussions about municipal tax reform during my campaign for State Representative in 2014. In particular this involves the use of income figures to replace the traditional property basis of assessment. S.T.O.P. Program FAQ Let me say first that I am…
As the divide between the very rich and the middle and working classes continues to widen, current tax assessment methods at the municipal level do little to ease the pressures. This site will be used to explore alternatives to current methods of municipal tax assessment in the hopes of finding…
The white paper linked here(click here) discusses the use of income data to create the grand list used in municipal tax assessment. In short, the paper sites several advantages in using existing income data collected by the several states and the federal government in the computation of municipal taxes. These…