一個城市的房地產的 平均 assessed value 在下降,稅率沒變,但是平均到每個 owner 的tax bill 卻增加。問怎樣解釋。
這道題GWD 有,但是選擇完全不一樣。每一個都不太像,我只好用排除法。平均 assessed value 下降時由於 中等或低房價的房子下降而且比貴的房子數量多。 但是由於貴的房子稅高,所以平均tax bill 卻增加。這是我的推測。但是似乎題干也沒有說是否所有房子是一樣的稅率一樣。要不然實在沒有可選的答案。 其它的答案好像有人口增加,外地搬來的新房主增加。可是這些和平均只無關。
The total market value of real estate in Altonville has steadily declined over the past four years.This decline has meant that the overall figure on which the city’s property tax is based—the assessed value of that real estate—has also declined.The percentage of assessed value that was paid as property taxes to the city, however, did not change from year to year during this period.
The information above most strongly supports which of the following?
The percentage of Altonville’s yearly revenue that comes from money collected in property taxes did not change over the past four years.
The percentage of Altonville’s yearly revenue that comes from money collected in property taxes has declined steadily over the past four years.
The amount of revenue that Altonville collected from property taxes was lower last year than it was four years ago.
During the past four years, Altonville officials increased tax rates on other sources of revenue such as retail sales and business profits.
Altonville will soon require property owners to pay a higher percentage of the assessed value of their property as property tax.