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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] The history of this is that developers used to pay an impact tax, that went to the school system for building housing in area where the schools were overcrowded. The Planning Board blew that up, saying no, schools are overcrowded because of turnover in housing, not development. They convinced the council to ax the impact tax on developers, and instead move it to those buying new homes. Also, it's a progressive tax, so you're paying significantly less on a $500000 home than a 2 million dollar home. And the impact tax went away years ago, and the recordation tax was supposed to be implementer at that time but, it didn't. This is long overdue[/quote] It's not progressive. That's like saying the sales tax is progressive because you pay more on a larger purchase. A progressive tax is one where the rate itself is higher as you go up in income or price, such as the federal income tax.[/quote]
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