LEGAL AND THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF PROPERTY TAXES
Agnieszka Żywicka
Dr, Wyższa Szkoła Ekonomii i Innowacji w Lublinie , Polandhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5789-8355
Tomasz Wołowiec
Dr hab., prof. nadzw., Wyższa Szkoła Ekonomii i Innowacji w Lublinie , PolandAbstract
A property tax (or millage tax) is a levy on property that the owner is required to pay. The tax is levied by the governing authority of the jurisdiction in which the property is located; it may be paid to a national government, a federated state, a county or geographical region, or a municipality. Multiple jurisdictions may tax the same property. This is in contrast to a rent and mortgage tax, which is based on a percentage of the rent or mortgage value. There are four broad types of property: land, improvements to land (immovable man-made objects, such as buildings), personal property (movable man-made objects), and intangible prop-erty. Real property (also called real estate or realty) means the combination of land and improvements. Under a property tax system, the government requires and/or performs an appraisal of the monetary value of each property, and tax is assessed in proportion to that value. Forms of property tax used vary among countries and jurisdictions. Real property is often taxed based on its classification. Classification is the grouping of properties based on similar use. Properties in different classes are taxed at different rates. Examples of different classes of property are residen-tial, commercial, industrial and vacant real property. A special assessment tax is sometimes confused with property tax. These are two distinct forms of taxation: one (ad valorem tax) relies upon the fair market value of the property being taxed for justification, and the other (special assessment) relies upon a special enhance-ment called a “benefit” for its justification
Keywords:
property tax, real property, ad valorem taxation, land, mortgage valueReferences
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Dr, Wyższa Szkoła Ekonomii i Innowacji w Lublinie https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5789-8355
Dr hab., prof. nadzw., Wyższa Szkoła Ekonomii i Innowacji w Lublinie
