LVT does get passed on and that's fine. I think we just frame the conversation wrong.
So I think this is one of those things where people who ask about passing on taxes start from a flawed assumption and then we give a flawed answer.
All "flat" (I don't have a good word here, if you do please give it to me) taxes get passed on.
Not matter the amount you pay with LVT is your rent will cost more than that pretty much by definition. If the LVT of a house is 1000/month the rent on that property will be more than a 1000 or it won't be for rent.
The crux is that LVT is already passed on. In fact the same goes for pretty much all kinds of property tax and any other payments based on the property itself (these would all fall under property tax depending on the definition but their names might be different).
LVT will conceptually destroy the few landlords who don't charge market price. And that's ok. It will just make things more efficient.
Essentialy the entire conversation is missinformed and our answers are "wrong" because they try to fit in said missinformation
We should challenge the premise of the question instead of trying to give an answer.
Posted Nov 1, 2025, 8:02 PM UTC