Do you have any thoughts regarding land value-based rating in rural areas, as opposed to urban? I find that these discussions are often very city-focused, however the majority of NZ's land area is non-residential and used in a variety of different ways, even within large metropolitan authorities (e.g. Chch City Council also covers Banks Peninsula).
According to the Georgist doctrine, every parcel of land should be valued out and made liable to pay the land value tax. Therefore, if central government owns properties under the local government administration, then it needs to pay the correct amount of land-value based rates. It's really not fair to the rest of us that schools, hospitals, police stations, state highways and scenic reserves.... are all taken out of consideration, and no rates are paid on these properties.... No wonder our local councils can't replace the water pipes, et c.,
Do you have any thoughts regarding land value-based rating in rural areas, as opposed to urban? I find that these discussions are often very city-focused, however the majority of NZ's land area is non-residential and used in a variety of different ways, even within large metropolitan authorities (e.g. Chch City Council also covers Banks Peninsula).
According to the Georgist doctrine, every parcel of land should be valued out and made liable to pay the land value tax. Therefore, if central government owns properties under the local government administration, then it needs to pay the correct amount of land-value based rates. It's really not fair to the rest of us that schools, hospitals, police stations, state highways and scenic reserves.... are all taken out of consideration, and no rates are paid on these properties.... No wonder our local councils can't replace the water pipes, et c.,