dwazoup@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-218 hours agoSpanish Government to Impose 100% Tax on Non-EU Home Buyerswww.bloomberg.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1167arrow-down13
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minus-squareNocturnalMorning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·edit-217 hours agoShouldn’t the tax be on people buying houses they don’t live in instead? Functionally the same, unless their intention is to push out immigrants.
minus-squareExLisper@lemmy.curiana.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoThis is not aimed at immigrants. Foreign workers will be excluded. This is still just a proposal, it may or may not pass in the parliament.
minus-squareCornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-27 hours agoBecause enforcing that is basically impossible.
minus-squareguillem@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-216 hours agoUnless I’m missing something, all (regularised) immigrants in Spain are EU residents. ETA: but yeah, taxing empty homes would be better but the people who have more of those probably also have friends in the government.
minus-squareSaleh@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 hours agoNon resident buyers means empty homes for a larger part of the year. Because these are only speculative or holiday homes. Taxing empty homes is good, but also more difficult to enforce.
Shouldn’t the tax be on people buying houses they don’t live in instead? Functionally the same, unless their intention is to push out immigrants.
This is not aimed at immigrants. Foreign workers will be excluded.
This is still just a proposal, it may or may not pass in the parliament.
Because enforcing that is basically impossible.
Unless I’m missing something, all (regularised) immigrants in Spain are EU residents.
ETA: but yeah, taxing empty homes would be better but the people who have more of those probably also have friends in the government.
Non resident buyers means empty homes for a larger part of the year. Because these are only speculative or holiday homes.
Taxing empty homes is good, but also more difficult to enforce.