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EVIP 2 Valuation and Other Issues for Recurrent Property Taxation
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EVIP 2 Valuation and Other Issues for
Recurrent Property Taxation Summary 1. The European Semester and recurrent property taxation 2. Defining the properties 3. Valuation 4. Maintaining the valuation register 5. Revaluation 6. Challenges, disputes and appeals 7. Applying the tax 8. Exemptions and reliefs 9. Higher or additional charges 238 IV. - EVIP 2: Valuation and Other Issues for Recurrent Property Taxation European Valuation Standards 2020 Summary S1 As part of the European Semester (or Economic Governance) programme, the EU is encouraging member states to shift the tax burden from a higher incidence of tax on labour to recurrent taxes on property, environmental taxes and con- sumption taxes. There are anyway practical reasons why states have often found property to be a useful part of their tax base, being identifiable and immoveable. S2 A basis must be decided for determining the value of each taxable property. That might use capital values or Rental Values, whether of the property as it is or of the land underneath it, and whether assessed on ownership or on occupation. Those choices may reflect local circumstances and may be different between classes of property, such as residential and non-residential. The valuations will need agreed assumptions which should be applied to all comparable proper- ties so that they are assessed on the same basis. All valuations should be as at the same date so that all properties are treated equally. The process should be transparent to the taxpayer. S3 While it is likely that most properties can be valued on the basis of market transactions, sales or lettings, relevant to the valuation date, there will always be some properties for which there may be little or no evidence and for which other approaches will have to be found. These will need to be tested carefully as they are developed. S4 A property taxation system requires an accurate and comprehensive register of properties that is kept up to date. European Semester recommendations have focused on the need for member states to have current and accurate registers; most have taken measures to comply. S5 Valuations need to be reviewed and updated on a regular basis so that the tax base accurately follows changes in relative property values. This Paper suggests that revaluing all properties on a regular 3 to 5 year cycle is likely to strike the right balance between fairness of valuations and uncertainty. Leaving this task too long will see values used for the tax become increasingly out of date and compound the political difficulty of re-valuing; annual review may be too de- manding and not allow appeals to be heard before the next review takes effect. European Valuation Standards 2020 IV. - EVIP 2: Valuation and Other Issues for Recurrent Property Taxation 239 S6 An effective and independent appeal system is important both to achieve ac- curate and fair valuations and also for the political respect that a property tax system needs among taxpayers. S7 Property tax systems commonly have defined exemptions, full or partial reliefs and sometimes higher rates for particular classes of property or particular types of potential tax payer. S8 Fundamentally, a good tax system must be efficient, serve its objectives, not have perverse outcomes and command taxpayers' respect. 240 IV. - EVIP 2: Valuation and Other Issues for Recurrent Property Taxation European Valuation Standards 2020 1. The European Semester and recurrent property taxation 1.1. The EU's European Semester involves a shift of the tax burden to property and away from the distinctively high taxes on labour that are levied in many member states whilst having a neutral effect on the overall level of taxation. The EU favours annual recurrent taxation as opposed to transaction tax so as to, inter alia, promote labour mobility. 1.2. That approach is followed through in the regular editions of country specific rec- ommendations by the European Council. As a result, Malta is the only member state that has not had a recurrent tax on property, though the introduction of a general recurrent tax failed politically in Croatia and is now no longer planned, there being, however, municipal fees and a charge on holiday homes based on their area in m 2 . 1.3. Nonetheless, the European Commission still noted in 2018 that: Download 1.74 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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