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LVRG Scrapbook: Rates on Site Values don't punish home builders
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009:. Rates on Site Values don't punish home builders. Gill Vivian's story (‘Wrong’ rates ping home builder, POST. 15/8, p.7) neatly explains why local rates should be levied on “ site values. Rdquo; — that is, values of land and airspace, including any attached building rights, but excluding actual buildings. The site value reflects the availability. Of a service, not the actual use. Rdquo; principle (and, to some extent, the “ capacity to pay. Cost that way, then the rest of the co...
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LVRG Scrapbook: Payroll tax is probably unconstitutional
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Friday, September 04, 2009:. Payroll tax is probably unconstitutional. One reason for Australia's chronic current account deficit is payroll tax, which inflates prices of Australian products, including exports and import replacements. This suggests that payroll tax is an excise. In which case it violates s.90. In the last relevant High Court case, namely Ha v. NSW. 1997), the minority. 1970), a State cannot escape s.90 by “throwing its net widely”. Letter by Gavin R. Putland. Rejected by the Age. RETWEET...
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LVRG Scrapbook: Builders and land speculators: strange bedfellows
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Friday, September 11, 2009:. Builders and land speculators: strange bedfellows. Andrew J. Gunter. Writes in the Age. Letters, Sep.11, 2009):. THE Housing Industry Association's Gil King says that “any policies that aim to speed up development applications and increase Victoria's housing stock are welcomed” ( The Age. So does the HIA support the replacement of stamp duty and payroll tax with land tax collecting the same revenue? Posted December 11, 2009.]. If thats useful,. RETWEET IT . . .
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LVRG Scrapbook: Making the tax system comply with s.82 of the Constitution
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Thursday, June 25, 2009:. Making the tax system comply with s.82 of the Constitution. A submission to the Treasury review on Australia's Future Tax System. By Gavin R. Putland. If we must have personal income tax,. Responsibility for withholding PAYE tax should be shifted from employers to financial institutions. If we must have a GST, it should be simplified so as to. Eliminate the need for tax invoices. These reforms would create jobs and boost production by greatly reducing compliance costs. Will we b...
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LVRG Scrapbook: Will we be doing this again in 2026?
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Thursday, November 20, 2008:. Will we be doing this again in 2026? Three years and five months after warning that “ the next adjustment of Australian interest rates would more properly be down. Rdquo; Bryan Kavanagh. Claims vindication in the Age. The article begins by noting the precedents and predicting that “We will no doubt learn shortly which building developer or bank will come to be seen as the harbinger of this particular financial collapse.” But unless we put an end to real-estat...Still on the ...
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Rota Fortunae: It Ain't Over Until The Blonde Lady Sings
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Disclaimer: Information provided on this blog does not constitute a recommendation or advice to purchase any investment, product or service listed or mentioned on this blog. Information displayed on this blog is not intended as specific investment advice and should not be relied on for making investment decisions. Sunday, 2 September 2012. It Ain't Over Until The Blonde Lady Sings. The blonde lady is warbling. Westpac managing director Gail Kelly says compound growth in house prices are over for good.
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Rota Fortunae: October 2012
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Disclaimer: Information provided on this blog does not constitute a recommendation or advice to purchase any investment, product or service listed or mentioned on this blog. Information displayed on this blog is not intended as specific investment advice and should not be relied on for making investment decisions. Wednesday, 3 October 2012. Australian Manufacturing Is Kaput. Structural Change in the Australian Economy. World-Wide Factory Activity, by Country. Canada 52.4 Expanding Slower. Now add in larg...
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Land Values Research Group: Housing finance continues its unbalanced rally
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Wednesday, August 07, 2013:. Housing finance continues its unbalanced rally. By Gavin R. Putland. The ABS has released “ 5609.0 - Housing Finance, Australia. In spite of the recent increase in the FHB fraction, which presumably includes a pull-forward effect due to the termination of grants for purchases of established dwellings in Victoria, Tasmania and the ACT. The black curve shows the seasonally-adjusted number of private-sector building approvals (ABS 8731.0). And historically low dwelling construct...
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Housing crisis? What housing crisis? | The Devon Henry George Society
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George and geoclassical economics. The Devon Henry George Society. Mark Wadsworth works as a tax advisor and is interested in tax, welfare and land reform, as well as being the treasurer of the Young People’s Party UK. Here, he gives his take on how a land value tax could help solve Britain’s housing crisis. The spread of owner-occupation is often perceived to have created a more equitable distribution of wealth, but as we will see, this trend did not happen by accident: it was the direct result of polic...
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How can we grow a proper relationship between people and place? | The Devon Henry George Society
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George and geoclassical economics. The Devon Henry George Society. How can we grow a proper relationship between people and place? A one-day Land Conference. Will take place in the Totnes Civic Hall on Saturday March 21st 2015. Its purpose is to give those who care about a proper relationship between people and the land (rural and urban) the opportu. Nity to come together and share their understandings and passions on the topic. Simon Fairlie – Radical approaches to accessing land. The conference begins ...
