Re:Canada facing ‘brain drain’ as tech talent leaves for Sil...
by astrange on Monday May 07, 2018 @02:21AM
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> How is tax unconstitutional?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Proposition_13_(197...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Proposition_218_(19...
Proposing it as a sales tax might avoid Prop 13, but continues the problem where new buyers fund the state budget and homeowners/Baby Boomers get everything for free.
Also, schools and local services might not get funded every year, I assume the rate of sales isn't constant.
If you allow a 1% LVT to accrue as a charge on the value of the home, that's only paid on disposal, there's no affordability problem either. Own a $2m piece of land at age 18, each year 1% of the value gets added as a charge. Die age 108 and 80% of the land value is then taken to pay the back-charges, leaving 20% for the estate.