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Property tax exemption Iowa Harrison County United States [closed]

Home Burial is legal in the state of Iowa, as long as the laws of the state are met. What I need to know is, will I still have to pay property taxes? What needs to be done to ensure the right ...
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Do any jurisdictions allow you to "buy out" your property tax?

Many jurisdictions around the world have a property tax that is paid yearly on real estate. Do any jurisdictions have a system where all future property taxes for a property can be bought out for a ...
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What is the logic behind charging tax _in the form of money_ for owning property when the property does not produce money?

I know that people living in comunities cooperate with each other when it comes to expenses to maintain the comunity. From what I understand, taxing property is a practice that started since before ...
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Does the US have a "Beauty Tax" on property?

Investopedia says that making your house look pretty is likely to cause an increase in taxes. ..more attractive homes often receive a higher assessed value than comparable houses that are less ...
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Some of the people in my town pay no taxes, what can I do about it? [closed]

I recently moved to a new town and I found out that some of the residents through favoritism or being connected are paying no property taxes. For example, in one case there is a property worth about $...
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Are there libertarian views on proper procedure to obtain property that was previously unowned?

A while back, there was a fun article making the rounds about some dude selling people "rights" to own a plot of land on the Moon. There was another one selling plots in open ocean outside the coastal ...
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How does libertarianism challenge a "property is theft" counter-argument to a "tax is theft" argument?

An argument commonly ascribed to libertarianism runs as follows: Property is the right (either shared or exclusive) to enjoy the benefits of a particular resource. Theft is the non-consensual ...
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