America’s regressive wealth tax: state and local property taxes

Arik Levinson ()

Applied Economics Letters, 2021, vol. 28, issue 14, 1234-1238

Abstract: Most taxes in the United States are levied on income flows, not capital stocks. One notable exception is state and local property taxes. This note documents their magnitude and regressivity. Property taxes account for more than 30% of state and local tax revenue, and amount to an effective wealth tax rate of 0.86% on the assets of the median US homeowner. The effective property-wealth tax rates are highest for younger, lower-income homeowners.

Date: 2021
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