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Proposed Changes to the Payment in Lieu of Taxes Program Can Save Millions

PAD-81-82 Published: Jul 10, 1981. Publicly Released: Jul 28, 1981.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO analyzed the budgeting impact of four proposals amending the Payment in Lieu of Taxes Program (PILT). The four proposals would: (1) set a maximum payment to each county of $500,000; (2) deduct from a State's PILT payment all Federal payments made under acts listed in the PILT law; (3) amend the section governing deductions to include payments generated from Federal lands under the acts and have all other Federal payments deducted from PILT payments; and (4) substitute a $.10 per acre payment, as an alternative payment method for PILT payments.

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