Property Tax Database

It's also really easy to use. To check your property-tax rates, for instance, click on the left-column link "General Characteristics of Local Taxation of Property." On the page you reach, click on "Property Tax Rates." On that page, choose, say, "New York" under "Select one or more states," hit the "Add" button, choose the years you want to know about, and then hit "Create Table." That's it! Easy as pie chart. You'll get a list of tables like "Real Property Tax Rates in School Districts by City or Town" which you can view as PDFs or Excel spreadsheets.

There's lots more, too, like a page for "Property Tax Relief and Incentive Programs" — always good to know. The database, which just came online June 8 and is formally titled Significant Features of the Property Tax, is a joint creation of The George Washington Institute of Public Policy and The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, which administers it.

It's a great new resource for any tax-battered co-op board or condo-owner. Because as we said up top, it's all about the Benjamins. And the Salmons.

The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy • 113 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Mass. 02138-3400 • (617) 661-3016 • toll-free (800) LAND-USE (526-3873) • help@lincolninst.edu

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