Dictionary definition: ad valorem

Article: Duties, Ad Valorem and Specific
Dictionary of American History;      700+ words ...DUTIES, AD VALOREM AND SPECIFIC DUTIES, AD VALOREM AND SPECIFIC. Duties are levied upon imports, ad valorem as a percentage of their price and specific as a fixed amount per unit. Both are a source of revenue for the government. Ad valorem ...

Article: Market substitution and the Pareto dominance of ad ...
Southern Economic Journal;  October 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... taxes based on quantity sold and ad valorem taxes based on sales value. While ... 1) in noncompetitive markets ad valorem taxation has been shown to welfare dominate unit taxation. (2) Ad valorem taxation also Pareto dominates unit ...

Article: FLORIDA ATTORNEY GENERAL ISSUES ADVISORY LEGAL OPINION ON ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 29, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... 32904-2513 RE: MUNICIPALITIES-AD VALOREM TAXATION-FIRE PROTECTION-limitation ... act imposing cap on increases in ad valorem tax revenues to 10 percent of previous ... year without referendum applies to ad valorem taxes raised for fire protection ...

Article: The balance between specific and ad valorem ...
Fiscal Studies;  February 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... appropriate balance between specific and ad valorem taxation. Recent work has developed ... choosing the balance between specific and ad valorem taxation, reviewing and somewhat extending ... the volume of sales; and/or by an ad valorem tax, specified as a proportion of the ...

Article: BANKING, AD VALOREM BILLS PASS SENATE PANEL / ...
The Journal Record;  March 9, 1988 ;     700+ words ...Two ad valorem tax reform measures were passed Tuesday ... A substitute keeping public utility ad valorem taxes would remain basically the same ... utility and locally assessed property ad valorem rates. - An amendment to give voters ...

Article: AD VALOREM SYSTEM REFORM `RETURN TO ORIGINAL ...
The Journal Record;  November 29, 1986 ;     700+ words ...Reform of the ad valorem tax system, ironically, would mean ... Committee. As originally conceived, the ad valorem tax was to be based on objective market ... the Senate Finance Committee. "The ad valorem tax has financed local government services ...

Article: OG&E COMES OUT IN SUPPORT OF AD VALOREM PLAN
The Journal Record;  February 20, 1988 ;     700+ words ...The state's largest ad valorem taxpayer has come out in support of the ad valorem reform plan which is being considered by the ... 1750, though those measures differ from the ad valorem plan proposed last year which would have given ...