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Land Improvement Tax Act.

Country/Territory
Jamaica
Document type
Legislation
Date
1968 (1986)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Land-use planning Tax/levy
Geographical area
Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, Small Island Developing States
Abstract

This Act grants power to the Minister to declare an area where the government carries out improvement works to be an improvement area, to classify properties within such area and to impose a land improvement tax on such properties. Objections against classifications may be raised with the Commissioner of Valuations and appeal against decisions of the Commissioner may be had with the Review Board established under this Act.

Full text
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