The International Property Tax Institute is comprised of impartial global experts who build property tax system capacity by providing stakeholders with:
- Property information services to make more effective decisions
- Strategic advisory and consulting services to create, test and implement policy, and to improve performance through innovative good practice
- Education and training services to enhance professional development and building technical confidence
with specific emphasis on:
- Local government development
- Decentralization
- Local government finances
- Property tax reform—planning and implementation
- Legal and administrative frameworks
- Property tax assessment and exemptions management
- Taxpayer services and education
- Property valuation processes, including data collection, mapping and data management; mass appraisal valuation for residential and nonresidential properties; quality control
- Property tax collection and enforcement
- Appeal systems
- Technology and process integration and implementation including data management; data analysis and reporting systems
- Electronic and on-line learning
