Changes in Shared Revenue and the Effects on Wisconsin Taxpayers Jenna Griffin, Jennifer Klippel, Kathryn Maguire, Brendon Riggs May 5, 2006
Overview The Shared Revenue Program Measures Analytical Approach Results Conclusions
The Shared Revenue Program Background Goals – Property Tax Relief – Guaranteed Tax Base
Formula Components Per-capita Utilities Aidable Revenues – Local purpose revenues – Tax base weight Minimum Guarantee
The Issue Changes to Shared Revenue – Level-Funding – Discontinuation of Formula – Per Capita Reductions Circumstances – Medicaid – Truth in Sentencing – School Aid
Measures of Fiscal Disparity Tax price: price to taxpayers, in mills, of a given level of expenditures t/E ratio: tax price of $1,000 in per capita expenditures – low t/E ratio indicates a high level of fiscal well-being Coefficient of variation: measures of disparity across time, using variation in t/E ratios for each year (standard deviation ÷ mean x 100) – high coefficient of variation (given as %) means high disparity Taxpayer equity: municipalities with similar property tax rates should be able to afford similar expenditures, regardless of property wealth
Analytical Approach Municipalities by 2000 EQV deciles – not population weighted – not counties and school districts Milwaukee analyzed separately Interaction with School Aid
Municipal t/E Ratio, 2004 MononaIngram Per-Capita Expenditures$1,400$520 Municipal Mill Rate5.4 mills2.0 mills t/E Ratio (Mills per $1,000 Per-Capita Expenditures) Per-Capita Intergovernmental Aid $150$510 Per-Capita Equalized Value$98,000$16,000
Coefficient of Variation of Mills-per-$1,000 Expenditures
2000 Mills-per-$1,000 of Expenditures by EQV Deciles
2004 Mills-per-$1,000 of Expenditures by EQV Deciles
Cuts in Shared Revenue as Percent of Total Revenue Loss
Impact on Municipal Levy
Impact on Combined Levy (School and Municipal),
Coefficient of Variation of Combined Municipal and School District Mill Rate
Alternatives Return to Equalizing Formula Revisiting Land-Use Assessment Policy Reconfiguring the Current Expenditure Restraint Program Diversifying Municipal Revenue Sources
Conclusion Formula Decreased Disparities Changes Increased Disparities Long-term Consequences
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