{"id":214616,"date":"2025-01-14T05:05:49","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T05:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/14\/spain-plans-100-tax-for-homes-bought-by-non-eu-residents\/"},"modified":"2025-01-14T05:05:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T05:05:49","slug":"spain-plans-100-tax-for-homes-bought-by-non-eu-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/14\/spain-plans-100-tax-for-homes-bought-by-non-eu-residents\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain plans 100% tax for homes bought by non-EU residents"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/branded_news\/26b2\/live\/5fb926d0-d1ff-11ef-b4cf-cfb50172febd.jpg?fit=1024,576&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Spain plans 100% tax for homes bought by non-EU residents\" title=\"Spain plans 100% tax for homes bought by non-EU residents\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Spain is planning to impose a tax of up to 100% on properties bought by non-residents from countries outside the EU, such as the UK.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Announcing the move, Prime Minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez said the &#8220;unprecedented&#8221; measure was necessary to meet the country&#8217;s housing emergency.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;The West faces a decisive challenge: To not become a society divided into two classes, the rich landlords and poor tenants,&#8221; he said.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Non-EU residents bought 27,000 properties in Spain in 2023, he told an economic forum in Madrid, &#8220;not to live in&#8221; but &#8220;to make money from them&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;Which, in the context of shortage that we are in, [we] obviously cannot allow,&#8221; he added.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The move was therefore designed to &#8220;priorit[ise] that the available homes are for residents&#8221;, he said.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">S\u00e1nchez did not provide details on how the tax would work nor a timeline for presenting it to parliament for approval, where he has often struggled to gather sufficient votes to pass legislation.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">But his government said the proposal would be finalised &#8220;after careful study&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">It is one of a dozen planned measures announced by the prime minister on Monday aimed at improving housing affordability in the country.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Other measures announced include a tax exemption for landlords who provide affordable housing, transferring more than 3,000 homes to a new public housing body, and tighter regulation and higher taxes on tourist flats.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;It isn&#8217;t fair that those who have three, four or five apartments as short-term rentals pay less tax than hotels,&#8221; he said.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cr7enzjrymxo\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spain is planning to impose a tax of up to 100% on properties bought by non-residents from countries outside the EU, such as the UK. 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