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There isn't much agricultural land, if any, in cities and suburbs. In the US, land is taxed at the local level (municipality and county), not at the state or f

by rmah 8y ago

There isn't much agricultural land, if any, in cities and suburbs. In the US, land is taxed at the local level (municipality and county), not at the state or federal level.

aetherson 8y ago
There's a coordination problem with this, though -- how do you get all the different cities to all adopt this tax scheme, and if some don't, don't we just shift around density?
- epistasis 8y ago
  Right now, California's property taxes are highly restricted by Prop 13, an anti-tax measure that, among other things that restrict the ability of the legislature to levy taxes, caps property tax basis at purchase price plus 2% increase per year, far far less than real estate appreciation, and often less than general inflation. So property tax is already controlled at the state level, and any change will require voters to enact it by proposition at the ballot box, statewide.
madengr 8y ago
Not always. Here in KS side of Kansas City suburbs you will find crop fields between dense, multi-story developments. The agriculture land tax is applied throughout the state. The developers exploit this to pay vastly lower property taxes than if it were vacant land. One instance in particular, they’ll run a harvester right next to a 6 story development, and it probably only takes 10 minutes of run-time. Pretty crazy, but it’s a tax savings.
- aswanson 8y ago
  KU seems to have an excellent emag staff, from your comments. Would you recommend sending a son there for EE (out of state)? Also, did you take any classes under Dr. John Schmalzel? I had a few classes with him and he went there.
  - madengr 8y ago
    Yes, if your son is interested in RF and RADAR/Remote Sensing, they have an excellent program. No, looks like he was there before me. I did an MSEE in ‘96, under Moore and Gogineni.

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There isn't much agricultural land, if any, in cities and suburbs. In the US, land is taxed at the local level (municipality and county), not at the state or f

by rmah 8y ago

There isn't much agricultural land, if any, in cities and suburbs. In the US, land is taxed at the local level (municipality and county), not at the state or federal level.

aetherson 8y ago
There's a coordination problem with this, though -- how do you get all the different cities to all adopt this tax scheme, and if some don't, don't we just shift around density?
- epistasis 8y ago
  Right now, California's property taxes are highly restricted by Prop 13, an anti-tax measure that, among other things that restrict the ability of the legislature to levy taxes, caps property tax basis at purchase price plus 2% increase per year, far far less than real estate appreciation, and often less than general inflation. So property tax is already controlled at the state level, and any change will require voters to enact it by proposition at the ballot box, statewide.
madengr 8y ago
Not always. Here in KS side of Kansas City suburbs you will find crop fields between dense, multi-story developments. The agriculture land tax is applied throughout the state. The developers exploit this to pay vastly lower property taxes than if it were vacant land. One instance in particular, they’ll run a harvester right next to a 6 story development, and it probably only takes 10 minutes of run-time. Pretty crazy, but it’s a tax savings.
- aswanson 8y ago
  KU seems to have an excellent emag staff, from your comments. Would you recommend sending a son there for EE (out of state)? Also, did you take any classes under Dr. John Schmalzel? I had a few classes with him and he went there.
  - madengr 8y ago
    Yes, if your son is interested in RF and RADAR/Remote Sensing, they have an excellent program. No, looks like he was there before me. I did an MSEE in ‘96, under Moore and Gogineni.