Property Tax Fairness
From the Center for Municipal Finance
To generate the report, first Download Data.This dataset is a cleaned public dataset we can use.
After downloading the dataset, please run the below R code, for example in RStudio. Remember to replace “your output directory” with the path where you want to save the generated report.
library(readstata13)
library(cmfproperty)
df <- read.dta13(“STL_County_Merge.dta”)
df <- df %>% filter(property_type == “R”)
df <- df %>% mutate(SALE_PRICE = SalePrice, SALE_YEAR = SaleYear, TAX_YEAR = Year, ASSESSED_VALUE = final_assessed_value)
df <- df[c(‘SALE_PRICE’, ‘SALE_YEAR’, ‘TAX_YEAR’, ‘ASSESSED_VALUE’)]
ratios <- cmfproperty::reformat_data(df, sale_col = “SALE_PRICE”, assessment_col = “ASSESSED_VALUE”, sale_year_col = “SALE_YEAR”)
cmfproperty::make_report(ratios, jurisdiction_name = “St. Louis County”, output_dir = “your output directory”)
Below is a pre-generated example report: