Search Results for: Property Tax
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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Perspectives Paper | 2014
Is Toronto Fiscally Healthy? A Check-up on the City’s Finances
Enid Slack and André Côté
This paper describes the City of Toronto’s financial condition and recent fiscal trends in four areas: spending and services; taxes and revenues; infrastructure; and debt and savings.
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Presentation | 2014
Property Tax Incentives 101: Pros and Cons
Enid Slack
Presentation delivered by IMFG Director Enid Slack to the Windsor-Essex Policy & Solutions Forum on May 15, 2014.
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Presentation | 2013
Property Tax Reform in Developing Countries
Enid Slack
Presentation delivered by IMFG Director Enid Slack to the Fourth IMF-Japan High-Level Tax Conference for Asian Countries in Tokyo, Japan on April 3, 2013.
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Presentation | 2013
Why Value-Based Property Taxation?
Enid Slack
Presentation delivered by IMFG Director Enid Slack to the 8th Mass Appraisal Valuation Symposium in Durban, South Africa on June 13, 2013.
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Presentation | 2012
The Reform of the Business Property Tax in Ontario
Michael Smart
Michael Smart presents the findings of his recent IMFG Paper, which explores the impacts of business property tax reform in Ontario between 2001 and 2004.
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Toronto Star: 13th Annual Toronto City Manager’s Address
November 25, 2025
Global Radio: Enid Slack on the Challenges Facing Municipalities
October 21, 2025
CBC Calgary: Enid Slack on How Canadian Municipalities Face Similar Fiscal Strains
October 18, 2025
