For this assignment, you are to select a local community – prefer

For this assignment, you are to select a local community – preferably your own – and address the following: 1. What is the general tax characteristics of the community – does it rely heavily on property tax, for example, or is it a tourist community assessing out-of-towners a greater level of tax burden through hotel taxes? How does your community’s government support itself? 2. What are the effects of those taxes on the local community? Does it affect business decisions to locate there or move away? How does the level of taxation and characteristics of the tax compare to surrounding locales (cities, counties, states)? 3. What is the attitude of the community regarding taxation? 4. What changes, if any, could the community make with regards to the form or levels of taxation that would improve the community? What issues are not addressed, or are suffering, through low/high/insufficient/improper levels of taxation?