Czech Opposition Leader to Push for 100% Home Purchase Tax

The leader of the Czech Republic’s main opposition party said he would push for a 100% tax on home purchases by non-EU residents — in line with a Spanish proposal announced Monday.

“If we are in government, I will advocate that we take the same measures here,” billionaire former premier Andrej Babiš said Thursday in an article published by Czech internet daily Echo24.cz.

• The Spanish plan to tax home purchases by non-EU residents at a rate of as much as 100% was presented as a measure to ease a domestic housing shortage and to curb short-term rentals.
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