The Scope and Use of Local Parcel Tax in California: New ...
The Scope and Use of Local Parcel Tax in California: New Findings from a New Database
Soomi Lee University of La Verne
Slee4@laverne.edu
111th National Tax Association Meeting November 15, 2018 New Orleans, LA
Institutional Background
? Proposition 13 (1978) replaced locally determined ad valorem property tax rates with a statewide 1% on purchasing value.
? It prohibits local ad-valorem property taxes, but allows local taxes for a special purpose approved by 2/3 of the voters. (CA Constitution Article 13A Section 4)
? Post-Prop.13 mutation of property tax (Foldvary 2006) or a stepchild of Prop.13 (Sonstelie 2015)
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Parcel Tax
? "A non-ad valorem tax imposed as an incident of property ownership" (State Controller's Office, 2014)
? Usually known as a lump-sum tax regardless of value and other characteristics.
? First election: 1983. ? About 1033 ballot measures between 1995-
2017.
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1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
33 18
28 28 25 18 18 20
31
33
34
35
42
45
45
50
55
Number of Parcel Tax Elections
20
40
60
80 100
61
83 75
84 81
91
Parcel Tax Elections California 1995-2017, Total=1,033
Literature: Parcel taxes in School Districts
? Brunner (2001), Lang and Sonstelie (2015), Hill and Kiewiet (2015), Lee (2016).
? 695 parcel tax measures (1983-2017) ? 23% have held at least one parcel tax election. ? 13% have passed at least one parcel tax measure.
? Usually a uniform tax across all parcels. ? Revenue: $423 million in 2017.
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