United States: Property Taxes

Jared Walczak of the Tax Foundation joins the GeTtin' SALTy podcast to examine the growing movement to eliminate real property taxes in the United States, using Ohio as a detailed case study. The discussion explores the fiscal challenges of replacing property tax revenue, the impact on local government accountability, and alternative policy solutions like levy limits and circuit breaker programs that address taxpayer concerns without dismantling the property tax system.

An easement is a nonpossessory right to use or enjoy someone else’s land. In other words, an easement grants the holder a limited privilege to perform certain acts on someone else’s land without owning that land.

California voters may soon be asked to decide on The Billionaire Tax Act, commonly referred to as the “Billionaire Tax.” Now that the measure achieved...