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How to Grow Property Tax Revenue Fairly and Equitably<\/em>
\n<\/em>By Brent Jones, Esri Land and Cadastre Global Industry Manager
\nIn many parts of the country, the death knell for tax hikes has sounded. While wages and other costs rise, no new revenue from raising property tax rates is likely to come as local governments work to keep those rates fixed. The good news is that new revenue can be generated with up-to-date property data and modernized GIS technology.
\nNew mandates, requirements, and efficiency tasks often require governments to add new software and capabilities in an attempt to stay current. Compounding this, the technology that citizens use daily has raised their expectations of how local governments deliver services. At minimum, they expect to access maps and data fast on all their devices. These expectations put us at odds with budgetary realities.
\nIncreasing revenue without raising taxes isn\u2019t a pie-in-the-sky idea. Consider today\u2019s assessors. Many of them use external data to ensure property data is accurate and current. They\u2019re bringing in more money by discovering untaxed improvements. Using affordable new data services like NearMap and DigitalGlobe, assessors can get a current bird\u2019s eye view of what\u2019s actually on the ground and compare it with their existing property data. New change detection services streamline this process.
\nWith new apps like Esri Photo Survey<\/a>, assessors can rapidly collect up-to-date street level photographs with low-cost, consumer-grade cameras. By combining field force management and routing tools in Workforce for ArcGIS<\/a> with field appraisal management practices, local governments are increasing revenues and decreasing operating costs with minimal investments in software and data services. Many assessors don\u2019t realize that they already own these tools and capabilities as part of the ArcGIS platform.
\nValuation appeals are costly to defend. Current, accurate data coupled with advanced analytics enables assessors to gather and present the evidence to support defensible values. Insights for ArcGIS <\/a>delivers new capabilities to see undiscovered trends and patterns delivering better communication with taxpayers to maintain trust of the assessment process. Today\u2019s GIS marries spatial data with advanced analysis on all devices, eliminating the expense of long-term support cost and the need to create custom applications.
\nThere are practical and systematic ways to improve revenue from real property. If you\u2019re not using all of your GIS capabilities, perhaps it\u2019s time you do. Follow the lead of many assessors who use maps, data, and analysis for discovery. It\u2019s the fair and equitable thing to do.
\nFor more information, see the ArcGIS for Land Records white paper<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","castos_file_data":"","podmotor_file_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[275862],"tags":[157432,118382,280612,280622],"class_list":["post-9397","insider","type-insider","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-industry-focus","tag-arcgis","tag-government","tag-land-records","tag-property-assessment"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWhere\u2019s the New Revenue?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/insider\/wheres-the-new-revenue\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Where\u2019s the New Revenue?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"How to Grow Property Tax Revenue Fairly and Equitably By Brent Jones, Esri Land and Cadastre Global Industry Manager In many parts of the country, the death knell for tax hikes has sounded. 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