The tax is payable on all land, with no concessions, allowances or thresholds. Allowances have the effect of reducing the amount of existing taxes that can be abolished. Thresholds could, in addition, lead to avoidance by sub-division of land plots. The rate of tax is set nationally and at the same rate for all classes of land. Local authorities should not be free to set their own rate of LVT. There...

We want your views A difficulty with any form of local taxation is that resources and needs do not match. Consider, on the one hand, the London boroughs of Westminster, and on the other, boroughs such as Haringey, Lewisham and Newham, just outside the central area. In Westminster are to be found Parliament, major centres of shopping and employment, and some of the most sought-after residential areas...

Partly as a result of the discussions that have been taking place under the sponsorship of the Coalition for Economic Justice, of which the Campaign is a member, we have had further thoughts on how LVT might be introduced. The concern that has been expressed centres around the role of local taxation. Put simply, there is a lot of land value in some local authority areas and very little in others,...

LVT – a ten point plan for introduction

The former London County Council introduced a Bill to the 1938-39 Session of Parliament for the implementation of site value rating, based on annual rental values, within the administrative county of London. It was of course rejected, though, interestingly, on a technicality. The drafting of this Bill comes close to what we would regard as the model for the collection of annual rental values for...

This question “how much could a land value tax raise” is constantly put to us. We in the LVTC have always answered with a vague “enough”, and then gone on to explain why we are vague on the subject. The question is in an inappropriate one. It is impossible to give a direct answer to the question because it depends on what existing taxes are removed.