Search Results for: Municipal Revenues
IMFG Paper | 2016
Can Tax Increment Financing Support Transportation Infrastructure Investment?
Murtaza Haider and Liam Donaldson
This report reviews tax increment financing (TIF) and land value capture (LVC), two alternative sources of revenue to support new infrastructure and development for which municipal funds are not readily available. It simulates a 30-year TIF implementation along the Sheppard East corridor in Toronto.
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Video | 2015
Defining the Realm of the Possible: Opportunities and Challenges for Toronto
Peter Wallace
In his first public address since taking office in July, this video features Toronto City Manager Peter Wallace shares his perspectives on the City’s finances, and on the opportunities and challenges to achieving key social, economic, city-building, environmental, and governance objectives.
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Presentation | 2015
Funding Options for Municipalities
Enid Slack
Presentation delivered by Enid Slack at the Municipal Finance Officers' Association Annual Conference on Sept. 24, 2015.
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IMFG Paper | 2015
A Good Crisis: Canadian Municipal Credit Conditions after the Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy
Kyle Hanniman
Why did Canadian municipal credit conditions improved so dramatically after the 2008 recession compared to other subnational governments around the world?
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Video | 2015
Financing Local Governments in the 21st Century: Going Back to First Principles
Enid Slack
IMFG Director Enid Slack recorded a presentation for Local Government New South Wales, which was shown at the Finance Summit in Sydney, Australia on August 27, 2015. The presentation is on “Financing Local Governments in the 21st Century: Going Back to First Principles.”
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IMFG Paper | 2015
How to Reform the Property Tax: Lessons from Around the World
Enid Slack and Richard M. Bird
This paper discusses why property taxes are particularly challenging to reform and suggests several ways in which efforts to reform this tax may become more successful in the future.
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IMFG Paper | 2015
Can GTA Municipalities Raise Property Taxes?
Almos Tassonyi, Richard M. Bird, and Enid Slack
Have Greater Toronto Area (GTA) municipalities raised their property tax rates to the point at which they are likely to lose tax revenue? In other words, will further tax rate increases lower the size of the tax base? How important is tax competition between municipalities in the GTA?
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Presentation | 2015
Financing Metropolitan Cities: Understanding the Need for Different Approaches and Strategies
Enid Slack
Presentation delivered by IMFG Director Enid Slack at the International Property Tax Conference on Sustainable Strategies for Local Revenue Mobilization.
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Radio-Canada: Enid Slack on Toronto and a Parking Levy
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Radio-Canada: Enid Slack on Toronto and Montreal’s Property Taxes
January 20, 2025
The Agenda: Enid Slack on How Property Taxes Are Spent
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