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Let Educators Educate, Let Builders Build: Making A Case For School Facility Privatization, John Pizzo
Let Educators Educate, Let Builders Build: Making A Case For School Facility Privatization, John Pizzo
John Pizzo
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Turf Wars: Territoriality And The Allocation Of Sales And Use Taxes In California, Kevin Schmitt
Turf Wars: Territoriality And The Allocation Of Sales And Use Taxes In California, Kevin Schmitt
Kevin Schmitt
Sales and use tax revenue provides an important source of funding for California’s local governments, particularly its cities. Under the Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law, local governments may enact sales and use tax ordinances and contract with the state to manage collection and distribution. The current allocation system, known as the situs-based system, provides for distribution to local government based on the physical location of the retailer. Although such a system has logical appeal, in practice it has proven highly problematic, promoting unproductive competition among local governments for scarce revenue.
Reform of the situs-based allocation process has …