ERIC Number: ED495808
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2006-Jan
Pages: 8
Abstractor: ERIC
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
How to Reduce Property Taxes. Texas Trilogy on Public Education and Taxes. Policy Brief No. 3
Lavine, Dick
Center for Public Policy Priorities
This is the third in a trilogy of policy briefs discussing education and taxation. The first brief explained Texas' need to increase its investment in public education. The second brief explained how a Texas-style personal income tax is the best way both to adequately support public education and to reduce reliance on the property tax. That brief outlined why a new business tax by itself won't raise enough money to significantly cut property taxes and why a higher sales tax would be a move in the wrong direction. This third brief explains alternative ways to cut property taxes, targeting reductions to those who need them the most.
Descriptors: Income, Taxes, Public Education, Educational Finance, Educational Policy, Financial Policy, Educational Equity (Finance), Tax Rates, Finance Reform, Elementary Secondary Education
Center for Public Policy Priorities. 900 Lydia Street, Austin, TX 78702. Tel: 512-320-0222; Fax: 512-320-0227; Web site: http://www.cppp.org/
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Education; Elementary Secondary Education; Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Texas Univ., Austin. Center for Public Policy Priorities.
Identifiers: Texas


