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This report reviews tax increment financing (TIF) and land value capture (LVC), two alternative sources of revenue to support new infrastructure and development for which municipal funds are not readily available. It simulates a 30-year TIF implementation along the Sheppard East corridor in Toronto.
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In his first public address since taking office in July, this video features Toronto City Manager Peter Wallace shares his perspectives on the City’s finances, and on the opportunities and challenges to achieving key social, economic, city-building, environmental, and governance objectives.
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Presentation delivered by Enid Slack at the Municipal Finance Officers' Association Annual Conference on Sept. 24, 2015.
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Why did Canadian municipal credit conditions improved so dramatically after the 2008 recession compared to other subnational governments around the world?
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IMFG Director Enid Slack recorded a presentation for Local Government New South Wales, which was shown at the Finance Summit in Sydney, Australia on August 27, 2015. The presentation is on “Financing Local Governments in the 21st Century: Going Back to First Principles.”
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This paper discusses why property taxes are particularly challenging to reform and suggests several ways in which efforts to reform this tax may become more successful in the future.
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Have Greater Toronto Area (GTA) municipalities raised their property tax rates to the point at which they are likely to lose tax revenue? In other words, will further tax rate increases lower the size of the tax base? How important is tax competition between municipalities in the GTA?
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Presentation delivered by IMFG Director Enid Slack at the International Property Tax Conference on Sustainable Strategies for Local Revenue Mobilization.
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