New data
shows that Canada had one of the highest property tax revenues in the world in
the 2021/2022 taxation year, as the country’s economy bounced back from the
effects of the pandemic.
This is
according to the 2022, Global Property Tax Rankings from Altus Group. The company’s
findings are based on an in -depth analysis of taxation revenues of 38 member
countries across the world, and are a reflection of each country’s property taxes
as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP).
“Unsurprisingly,
taxation revenues bounced back as economies across the developed world recovered
from the initial impact of the coronavirus and investment,” the report explains
ahead of the data. “Whilst many of the emergency tax measures introduced to
support both households and businesses during the pandemic were either
withdrawn or tapered off.”
“Taxes on
property, for both individuals and businesses, are broadly specking recurrent
and non-recurrent taxes on the use, ownership or transfer of property and are
based upon taxation revenues in the preceding calendar year or the 2021/22
fiscal year depending upon how Governments show their data.”
Although South Korea led the pack with the highest property tax ranking of any country examined, Canada and Luxembourg followed closely behind, both reporting 4% of GDP from property taxes.
While
property taxes in Canada have been gradually increasing since the 2012/2013
taxation year, the report stipulates that, “property axes as a percentage of
overall taxation has largely remained consistent at 11.9%.”
Comparatively,
the US and UK are experiencing a gradual decline in property taxes as a
percentage of overall taxation, with property taxes in both countries falling
to the lowest level in a decade – save for the 2017/2018 taxation year in the
US, when property tax revenue was skewered “due to a reclassification.”
Written
By: Zakiya Kassam
Source
By: STOREYS