"Land Value Tax" Blogs & Blog Posts

There are of course three main ways a government can collect land rent.1. Just own land and buildings and rent them out. That way there is no need to differentiate between rental value of buildings and of the location. We have that with Crown Estates...

Doonhamer left this comment on the subject of the Scottish government's auction of offhore wind turbine licences:Yes, but what is the guaranteed price for all those expensive kWh?And what do they get paid for NOT producing kWh when the wind is too st...

From the BBC:Leader Sir Ed Davey put forward his "sovereign green wealth fund" proposal at his party's spring conference. He said the government raised £9bn last month from auctions to build wind farms on the coasts of England and Wales.Ignore the s...

From the IEA:* The UK could have a tax system that has a low negative effect on welfare and efficiency, with small compliance and administration costs; a system that is nondiscriminatory, avoids double taxation, and that is transparent and easy to un...

Here for general reference, an email reply from the people who run the LVTC site:The "you have been blocked" message comes up when a visitor triggers the website's firewall by doing something untoward, e.g. repeatedly attempting to log in to the admi...

Anytown District Council1 High StreetAnytown AN1 1AAxx January 202xMr & Mrs Smith1 Acacia AvenueAnytown AN2 4BQDear Mr & Mrs SmithYour Domestic Rates bill 202x-2y - property ref. XYZ1234Following enactment of The Tax Simplification Act 202x,...

I took part in an online talk/discussion about the introduction of Land Value Tax in B-W on Saturday, led by one of the hardcore Georgists driving it.The whole process was as slow and painful as you can imagine. They set up an official lobby group in...