Taxation of rental income (through income tax) is replaced $ for $ with property tax. Rental prices for tenants go:
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Taxation of rental income (at 50% for example):
Rental income: $2000/month
Tax: $1000/month
Rental Income: $0 (unrented)
Tax: $0
Property tax: (at 0.1%/month on $1 million assessed value)
Rental income: $2000/month
Tax: $1000/month
Rental Income: $0 (unrented)
Tax: $1000/month
In reality because there's some level of vacancy rate, heterogeneity between rental prices and assessed values, and dynamic effects of the different taxes, it's a bit more complex to convert how much property tax would be needed to replace taxing rental income $ for $.
Regardless, what direction do you think rental prices would go if taxing rental income were replaced with property tax?
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