And land tax receipts, many going back 30 years or more (illegally acquired, says the government).
They say 30 years after the fact authorities suddenly demanded a 1958 land tax receipt as proof of citizenship.
He said he saw no difficulty with smaller taxes being administered from Wales, such as stamp duty, land tax and air passenger duty.
The first minister called for the devolution of landfill tax, stamp duty land tax, aggregates levy and air passenger duty, to support the delivery of his government's priorities.
Certain taxes such as landfill tax and stamp duty land tax will also be devolved from Westminster, and the role of the UK Supreme Court in Scottish law will be reviewed.
Certain taxes such as landfill tax and stamp duty land tax will also be devolved from Westminster, and the role of the UK Supreme Court in Scots law will be reviewed.
Other taxes on production include: taxes on use of natural resources (environment tax), payments for land (land tax), licenses, state duties and levies payable by enterprises and organisations, real estate tax, extraordinary Ghernobyl mitigation tax.
The private enterprises provide employment and tax revenue while the local state provides land, tax breaks, and free or cheap utilities.
The "land value tax, " he suggested, could boost the economy, smooth income disparities, and encourage development of empty lots.
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Only about 20 towns in the U.S. have adopted the land value tax.
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"Caroline has before Parliament a land value tax bill, " added Natalie Bennett.
In Louisiana, a former Film Commission director was busted for accepting bribes to help production firms land more tax credits.
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Now, more than 100 years later, Parliament is scheduled in April to debate a bill to explore a land value tax.
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Tower Hamlets LibDem Councillor Stephanie Eaton said it made more financial sense to spend money on recycling facilities than on land fill tax.
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It also argues for more taxes on property, such as a land value tax or a reformed council tax, to suppress rises in house prices.
Once a manufacturing hub, Providence now has hospitals and colleges as its economic engines, and about half of assessed land is tax-exempt, the city said.
Something like land value tax perhaps in the Georgist tradition.
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In New York, Scott Baker, a novelist and president of Georgist organization Common Ground, began a petition two years ago for New York state to adopt a land value tax.
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Pacquiao is hoping to land instead in tax-favored Macau.
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Conservation easements have been a powerful tool to protect land from development, and conservationists are lauding the new tax law for extending enhanced federal tax breaks for donating land development rights through 2013 (and retroactively back to Jan. 1, 2012).
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George wanted to tax the rental value of unimproved land, as that was the least distortionary tax possible.
The government has also increased the tax on land left idle, and speeded up the procedures for its re-distribution.
Two of the provisions that I found rather intriguing were a wealth tax and land value taxation (also known as community ground rent).
Mr Swinney believed the changes in the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Scotland) Bill would help first time buyers by increasing the threshold before they pay tax.
The Land and Building Transactions Tax (Scotland) Bill, has raised the prospect of bringing in the "nil rate" band, and at least two other bands.
That is because, in this fair land, everything is tax-motivated.
Revenue Scotland will be set up to ensure the "efficient" and "effective" care and management of the devolved taxes, including the replacement for stamp duty, while Registers of Scotland will collect land and buildings transaction tax.
The government will find it easier to plump for Ms Barker's less controversial recommendations, such as a windfall profits tax on land developers, encouraging greater competition among housebuilders and dealing with the skills shortage in construction.
Referenced in the same report are several other stories of small businesses whose owners have decided to leave California for a more supportive business environment, such as a southern California manufacturer, Fallbrook Technologies, which recently announced that the company is moving to Texas, the land of no income tax.
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