These days the battle cry from cities and counties is that they need more revenue, and new streams of revenue. That’s the argument for the land transfer tax. As you can tell from this section of the Chatham County website, Chatham can’t wait to get its hands on land transfer tax cash. Others disagree. So exactly what are the current revenue streams for cities and counties? This great resource from Professor David Lawrence of the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Government lists every single one. It takes 20 pages to list and describe the sources of cash (look under “List of Articles,” Article 13: Revenues). Remember this list the next time a local official tells you they don’t have enough sources of funding.