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Modelling a land value tax
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Replaces council tax & stamp duty
Only replaces stamp duty; council tax remains unchanged
Design the tax
— marginal rates on each home's land value
Land value above
Taxed at
+ Add a higher band
Transitional rule, crediting for recent stamp duty
Deferral option — defer the tax until sale or death (interest at base rate)
Ten-year phase-in — show year 1 (a tenth of the switch)
Regional rates
one national rate
one national rate
each region self-financing
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What it raises
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from a land value tax, every year
Households paying
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less
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more
better off
worse off
Steady-state: land value tax before any transitional relief or deferral, compared with council tax now.
LVT vs council tax
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Impact by region
— with your current rate, transition and deferral settings
pays less
pays more
Hover or tap a region for the estimated effect on house prices.