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Acknowledgements |
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About the author |
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Overview |
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Book structure |
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Terms and acronyms |
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PART 1 Status quo and the evolving challenge |
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1 | (44) |
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3 | (18) |
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Structure of government and evolution of Australia's tax system |
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4 | (6) |
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Inquiries into tax reform and government expenditure |
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10 | (4) |
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Tax reforms of the late 20th and early 21st centuries |
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14 | (3) |
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Taxation design and economic reform |
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17 | (2) |
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19 | (2) |
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2 Evolution economics and status quo of taxing land |
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21 | (24) |
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21 | (3) |
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Economics of taxing land and the urban challenge |
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24 | (2) |
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Land tax: from settlement to the present in Australia |
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26 | (7) |
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Land tax revenue trends and principles of good tax design |
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33 | (10) |
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43 | (2) |
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PART 2 Land tax assessment and administration in Australia |
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45 | (194) |
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3 Definitions and bases of value |
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54 | (19) |
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54 | (3) |
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57 | (4) |
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Australian bases of value |
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61 | (10) |
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71 | (2) |
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4 Valuation of land and assessment of land tax |
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73 | (32) |
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73 | (1) |
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Research method and rationale |
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74 | (1) |
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Research method -- simulations |
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75 | (3) |
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78 | (12) |
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90 | (11) |
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Residential/retail comparison |
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101 | (1) |
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102 | (3) |
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5 Principal place of residence |
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105 | (38) |
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105 | (3) |
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108 | (2) |
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The need for fiscal reform |
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110 | (1) |
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New South Wales -- defining the principal place of residence |
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111 | (10) |
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Queensland -- defining the principal place of residence |
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121 | (6) |
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Victoria -- defining the principal place of residence |
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127 | (5) |
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South Australia -- defining the principal place of residence |
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132 | (2) |
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Tasmania -- defining the principal place of residence |
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134 | (1) |
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Western Australia -- defining the principal place of residence |
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135 | (8) |
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6 Business use, investment and development land |
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143 | (40) |
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143 | (1) |
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144 | (13) |
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157 | (5) |
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162 | (7) |
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169 | (4) |
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173 | (3) |
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176 | (3) |
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179 | (1) |
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Australian Capital Territory |
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180 | (3) |
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7 Objections, appeals and enforcement |
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183 | (56) |
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183 | (1) |
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New South Wales land values -- objections and appeals |
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184 | (14) |
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198 | (10) |
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208 | (6) |
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214 | (4) |
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218 | (7) |
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225 | (6) |
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231 | (1) |
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Australian Capital Territory (ACT) |
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232 | (3) |
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235 | (4) |
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PART 3 Recurrent land taxation -- international case studies |
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239 | (62) |
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8 United States and Canada |
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243 | (24) |
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243 | (1) |
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243 | (11) |
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254 | (1) |
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254 | (13) |
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9 United Kingdom -- England and Ireland |
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267 | (12) |
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267 | (1) |
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267 | (6) |
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273 | (4) |
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277 | (2) |
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279 | (12) |
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Reform of sub-national government |
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279 | (2) |
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An evolving finance path and equalisation system |
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281 | (1) |
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Role of land and property taxation |
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282 | (1) |
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Current land and property taxation |
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283 | (2) |
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Operation of land and property value tax 2001/02 to 2014 |
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285 | (1) |
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Tax freeze for property value tax |
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285 | (1) |
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Ceiling on buying and selling property |
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286 | (1) |
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Limiting property value tax rises from year to year |
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286 | (1) |
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Strengths of the land and property tax system |
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287 | (1) |
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Challenges of the land and property tax system |
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287 | (1) |
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Options for reform in 2015/16 and beyond |
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288 | (1) |
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289 | (2) |
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291 | (10) |
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291 | (1) |
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New Zealand's tax system and tax mix |
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291 | (3) |
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294 | (2) |
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Land and property taxation |
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296 | (1) |
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297 | (2) |
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299 | (1) |
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299 | (2) |
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PART 4 Reforming land value taxation and fiscal reform of sub-national government in Australia |
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301 | (46) |
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12 Reforming recurrent land tax under the status quo |
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306 | (20) |
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What is land tax in a modern Australian tax system? |
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307 | (3) |
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Land tax reform under the status quo |
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310 | (2) |
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Bases of assessing land taxes |
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312 | (4) |
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The emerging value and rating phenomenon |
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316 | (8) |
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324 | (2) |
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13 Realigning Australia's tax system |
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326 | (21) |
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326 | (1) |
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Property tax reform and housing mobility |
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327 | (2) |
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Recurrent land tax reform |
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329 | (4) |
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A modern Australian tax framework: top-down and bottom-up reform |
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333 | (3) |
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Which tier of government should levy recurrent land tax? |
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336 | (11) |
Conclusion |
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347 | (1) |
Where to go from here |
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348 | (3) |
References |
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351 | (6) |
Index |
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