Opinion: It's time to end tax exemptions for religious properties
edmontonjournal.com
It's past time to end property tax exemptions for churches and religious properties
    • joshhsoj1902@lemmy.caEnglish
      4·
      6 months ago

      Are there places that only collect property tax once a building is built on it? As far as I understand, empty land is typically taxed via property tax

      • yimby@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        6 months ago

        No, the building on that land is assessed for value and property tax is levied based on that assessment. This is how it works throughout Canada/the US.

        • joshhsoj1902@lemmy.caEnglish
          2·
          6 months ago

          My experience is that vacant land does have property tax collected on it. But that may be unique to Ontario.

          • Revan343@lemmy.caEnglish
            1·
            5 months ago

            The point is that we should only be taxing the value of the land, not the value of buildings/improvements built on it. ‘Property tax’ implies you’re taxing both, ‘land tax’ implies only taxing the land itself