the use of unimproved value as the basis of ‘the methodology for collecting rates’ would not change under a government led by the present Chief Minister and Treasurer; the ACT government was not in favour of higher densification, that it was ‘happy for people to live in whichever housing choice suits their needs’, and that this was ‘not a change in policy’; it was not necessarily less expensive for the ACT government to provide municipal services to unit titled dwellings compared with free-standing dwellings; and the ACT government did not ‘hypothecate’ municipal rates for municipal services. In relation to these views, the Committee notes that non-government contributions to the inquiry, considered in the chapters below, for the most part offer views of the ACT rates and land tax system contrary to those expressed by the ACT government. The remaining chapters of this report shed light on the merits — or otherwise — of claims by government and other contributors on these questions.
the use of unimproved value as the basis of ‘the methodology for collecting rates’ would not change under a government led by the present Chief Minister and Treasurer; the ACT government was not in favour of higher densification, that it was ‘happy for people to live in whichever housing choice suits their needs’, and that this was ‘not a change in policy’; it was not necessarily less expensive for the ACT government to provide municipal services to unit titled dwellings compared with free-standing dwellings; and the ACT government did not ‘hypothecate’ municipal rates for municipal services. In relation to these views, the Committee notes that non-government contributions to the inquiry, considered in the chapters below, for the most part offer views of the ACT rates and land tax system contrary to those expressed by the ACT government. The remaining chapters of this report shed light on the merits — or otherwise — of claims by government and other contributors on these questions.
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