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1、本科毕业论文(设计)外文翻译原文:landvaluetax:worththetransitionlandtax:abetterwayLandValueTaxationisanannualtaxonthemarketrentalvalueofland.Itwouldbeleviedasafixedrate,Muellbauersuggests0.5%inchaperthree.Ittaxesthegivenvalueoftheland,notthedevelopmentthathasoccurredonit,anddoessowhethe
2、rornotthelandhasbeensold.Ithas,therefore,anumberofadvantagesoverotherformsoftaxationandaddressesanumberoftheconcernsraisedobove,especiallyincentives,equityandeconomicefficiency.Asanannualchargeontherentalvalueoftheland,LVTwouldnotbeataxontransactionandthereforedevelopmen
3、t.Asoutlinedabove,notonlywouldthisconflictlesswithgovernmentpolicytodeliveranincreaseintherateofhousebuilding,itcouldactivelypromoteitbyprovidingincentivesforlocalanthoritiestoencouragedevelopment.Anannualtaxonthemarketrentalvalueoftheland-leviedregardlessofthelanduseord
4、evelopmentonit-wouldfurtherpromotethere-useofbrownfieldlandbecauseavacantsitewouldstillincuranannualcharge.Indeed,someargueitcouldalsopromotemoresustainablepatternsofdevelopmentbyencouragingbusinessestolocateinlessprosperousregionsasthemarketvalueoflandwouldbelowercompar
5、edtomoreprosperousregions(LVTCampaign,2002).LVTalsohasthebenefitofcapturingtheincreaseinprivatewealththataccurethroughpublicinvestment.Asanannualfixedrate,revenueswouldriseastheland’smarketvalue(andthereforetaxbase)increase.Intheory,therefore,thereitcouldprovideanautomat
6、icrevenuestreamtohelpfundinfrastructureprojects.Thereistheneedforsomecaution,however.Formsoflandtaxationhavebeentriedbefore.AsTable1outlines,therehavebeenfourattemptssinceWorldWarTwo.Theseprevioustaxeshaveaimedtocapturewindfallgainsfromboththegrantingofplanningpermission
7、andalsointhecaseoftheDevelopmentLandTax,fromdevelopmentitself.Manyreasonshavebeenadvancedfortheirfailure.Somecomplainoftheircomplexityandthefactthatnoneofthemweregiventimetobed-in(ConnellanandLichfield,2000).Othersalsopointtothefactthatdevelopersandlandowernersoftenwaite
8、dforachangeofgovernment(usuallyfromLabourtoConservative)astherewaswidespreadoppositionamongstthisgroupa