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The property tax exemption for nonprofits

In: Handbook of Research on Nonprofit Economics and Management

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  • David L. Sjoquist
  • Rayna Stoycheva

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We explore what we know and don’t know regarding the economic effects of the property tax exemption for nonprofits. We first review how the eligibility criteria differ across states and estimates of the magnitude of the tax benefit. We then consider the following questions: Do nonprofits use this cost advantage to increase the public good or for their self-interest? Does the exemption affect the choice of for-profit versus nonprofit status, of owning versus renting, where to locate, the nonprofit capital-labor ratio and capital-land ratio and its size? Does it affect the nonprofit share of the market? Does the loss of government revenue get capitalized into the value of property? Finally, we consider efforts to remove the exemptions through legal action and through PILOTs and the trend for local governments to provide additional subsidies to encourage them to locate within the jurisdiction.

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  • David L. Sjoquist & Rayna Stoycheva, 2018. "The property tax exemption for nonprofits," Chapters, in: Bruce A. Seaman & Dennis R. Young (ed.), Handbook of Research on Nonprofit Economics and Management, chapter 20, pages 386-408, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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    1. Deborah A. Carroll & Christopher B. Goodman, 2022. "Neighborhood Institutions and Residential Home Sales: Evaluating the Impact of Property Tax Exemptions," The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Springer, vol. 64(2), pages 247-273, February.
    2. Regmi, Madhav & Featherstone, Allen Merril, 2018. "Differential Taxation In Agricultural Credit Market," 2018 Annual Meeting, February 2-6, 2018, Jacksonville, Florida 266692, Southern Agricultural Economics Association.

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