Council Tax and Wider Property Taxation Reform

Kenneth Gibb is Professor of Housing Economics at the University of Glasgow and Director and Principal Investigator of the ESRC UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence.

• Part 1: Diagnosis1. Introduction and Overview2. History3. A Multi-Dimensional Problem and a Multi-Disciplinary Approach4. Council Tax, Local Government Finance and Stamp Duty 5. Economics and Housing TaxationPart 2: Reform6. The Case for Reform and its Opponents7. Property Tax Reform: Lessons from Home and Abroad8. Options for Reform9. Conclusion – a Credible Path to Reform