← Back to context Comment by sleepybrett 1 month ago For a dumb american, what is a 'pub rate'? 5 comments sleepybrett Reply leapingdog 1 month ago A tax based on property value.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgjwgzwe2eyo antonymoose 1 month ago I would love to know why it is unrealized gains is such a popular property tax strategy. hdgvhicv 1 month ago I’d love to know why people are happy with others making a fortune not through hard work, but through buying land and letting others hard work increase its value. 1 reply → tom_ 1 month ago Rates are based (at least in principle) on the rental value of the building, making the gain concept irrelevant. The rent would be the same.
leapingdog 1 month ago A tax based on property value.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgjwgzwe2eyo antonymoose 1 month ago I would love to know why it is unrealized gains is such a popular property tax strategy. hdgvhicv 1 month ago I’d love to know why people are happy with others making a fortune not through hard work, but through buying land and letting others hard work increase its value. 1 reply → tom_ 1 month ago Rates are based (at least in principle) on the rental value of the building, making the gain concept irrelevant. The rent would be the same.
antonymoose 1 month ago I would love to know why it is unrealized gains is such a popular property tax strategy. hdgvhicv 1 month ago I’d love to know why people are happy with others making a fortune not through hard work, but through buying land and letting others hard work increase its value. 1 reply → tom_ 1 month ago Rates are based (at least in principle) on the rental value of the building, making the gain concept irrelevant. The rent would be the same.
hdgvhicv 1 month ago I’d love to know why people are happy with others making a fortune not through hard work, but through buying land and letting others hard work increase its value. 1 reply →
tom_ 1 month ago Rates are based (at least in principle) on the rental value of the building, making the gain concept irrelevant. The rent would be the same.
A tax based on property value.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgjwgzwe2eyo
I would love to know why it is unrealized gains is such a popular property tax strategy.
I’d love to know why people are happy with others making a fortune not through hard work, but through buying land and letting others hard work increase its value.
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Rates are based (at least in principle) on the rental value of the building, making the gain concept irrelevant. The rent would be the same.