Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Policy Reform Efforts
Legislation Enabling LVT Connecticut, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington State
TRC recommends phasing in LVT
The 2002 Philadelphia Tax Reform Commission recommended "Phasing in land-value taxation so that, at the end of 10 years, 50 percent of all real estate tax revenues will be generated from a tax on the value of land and 50 percent from a tax on the value of structures."
Understanding Land Value Tax Studies
Putting a greater reliance on publicly created value (land) rather than privately created wealth (buildings, commerce or wages).
Progressive Momentum of the Land Value Tax
Citizens determined to change the way revenue was raised to pay for public goods and services with arguments taken from the writings of political economist Henry George.
Henry George School of Social Science Free Courses SPRING 2010
