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What do you think will be more expensive: wasted water and electricity or this proposed tax?
by fiter 7y ago
What do you think will be more expensive: wasted water and electricity or this proposed tax?
- reallydontask 7y agoIn this country (UK), stamp duty land (the tax you pay when you buy a new house) is higher if you are buying a house that won't be your main residence, so taxing vacant homes is, in principle, a workable tax policy. I'm sure there would be people that would try to work around the system, same as with every other law.
- TheOtherHobbes 7y agoWhat do you think would be more expensive: a criminal conviction for fraudulently disguising property status, or this tax?
- chrisco255 7y agoThere's nothing criminal about owning a second house and using electricity. Maybe there's staff members keeping it clean. Maybe there's a pool pump that needs to run. You completely ignore the spectrum of utility consumption for completely vacant, minimally occupied, half occupied, etc. homes that exist on the market.
- yardstick 7y agoInvestigating and prosecuting would be more expensive than either. Plus proving intent over “oh I forgot to check all my taps before I went out, whoops” is difficult.