We took the sales tax off prescription drugs, a measure especially helpful to seniors, and increased the homestead-property tax exemption for them by two-thirds.
He found property taxes were the least damaging to growth, followed by consumption taxes.
A homeowner's property tax was determined by two factors. One was the tax rate, the other the assessed value of the house to which the rate was applied.
The notorious Proposition 13 of 1978 cut and capped property taxes, still the biggest source of city revenue.
Mr Perry's biggest manoeuvre came in 2006, when he engineered a "swap" -a cut in the property tax, meant to be offset by an increase in the cigarette tax and a new franchise tax.
In an effort to widen the tax base, the government proposes to introduce a new property tax.
System prepared for computer assisted valuation for an ad valorem property tax. SLCLR directed by Ministry of Finance in 2002 to prepare pilot mass appraisal of all real property to determine feasibility of the ad valorem tax base.
