contentbot@lemmy.caB to Edmonton@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 个月前Opinion: It's past time to end property tax exemptions for religious propertiesedmontonjournal.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up198arrow-down1external-linkOpinion: It's past time to end property tax exemptions for religious propertiesedmontonjournal.comcontentbot@lemmy.caB to Edmonton@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 个月前message-square5fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejoshhsoj1902@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 个月前My experience is that vacant land does have property tax collected on it. But that may be unique to Ontario.
minus-squareRevan343@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 个月前The point is that we should only be taxing the value of the land, not the value of buildings/improvements built on it. ‘Property tax’ implies you’re taxing both, ‘land tax’ implies only taxing the land itself
My experience is that vacant land does have property tax collected on it. But that may be unique to Ontario.
The point is that we should only be taxing the value of the land, not the value of buildings/improvements built on it. ‘Property tax’ implies you’re taxing both, ‘land tax’ implies only taxing the land itself