Youngman presents readers with a comprehensive examination of the legal and policy issues surrounding the collection and appropriation of property taxes in the contemporary United States. The author has organized the thirteen chapters that make up the main body of her text in four parts devoted to the nature of the property tax, special uses of tax records, special treatment of specific properties, and tax limitations and market value assessment. Youngman is with the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy in Massachusetts. Annotation 2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
