The current Buyers Stamp Duty (BSD) is only really effective in a rising market and a more equitable form of tax such as a Capital Gains Tax (CGT) now needs to be planned for and implemented as a...
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1 May 2013
The mainland should expand property ownership taxes to more cities instead of imposing a 20 per cent capital gains tax on transactions if it wants to prevent a steep rebound in home prices this...
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The central government has issued a fresh warning that it will roll out a property tax trial across the nation to rein in any sharp rises in home prices. In the latest sign that it remains...
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Property tax can stamp out 'dirty dealings'
I refer to the report ("Sparks fly in talks on new taxes", December 22).
It is evident that major property developers' old ways of...
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China's economic growth may accelerate to 8 per cent next year, with the new leadership maintaining macroeconomic policies but focusing more on promoting social equality.
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Hong Kong has for many years traded on the idea that it is Asia's global city, a welcoming home and gateway for foreign business to work in China and Southeast Asia.
It is the equivalent of...
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House prices in recession-hit Italy's tourist resorts, such as Capri, fell more than in the biggest cities this year due to investors' concerns about the economy and higher property taxes, a...
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A flood of top-end properties are hitting the market as business people seek to leave France before stiff tax rises hit, real-estate agents and financial advisers say.
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With half of the city's new flats supplied by a few major developers, small to medium-sized property companies want more small plots auctioned off to help them compete against their bigger rivals...
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Despite fewer cities recording a rise in home prices last month, Beijing will expand a property tax trial in Shanghai and Chongqing to cover the whole country.
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Mainland property stocks fell yesterday on speculation that the central government will implement a property tax in more than 30 cities.
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When property developer Cheng Lixiong read reports about remarks made by Premier Wen Jiabao at the opening of the annual parliamentary session this week, he knew there would not be a recovery in...
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