The Anonymous Widower

The Problem With The Mansion Tax

I’ve just been watching Ed Balls on The Andrew Marr Show talking about the Mansion Tax.

I don’t know Andrew Marr’s personal circumstances, but I wonder how many of the commentators like him live in houses that are worth a couple of millions. The Sunday Times today is reporting that Jeremy Paxman is being paid a million for his memoirs. Will he put that into property?

So many of these heavyweight commentators will be passionately against a Mansion Tax.

Incidentally, my view on property taxes is based heavily on the fact we have a housing shortage and it is a serious moral offence to leave a house empty for more than a few days a year.

November 30, 2014 - Posted by AnonW | World | Housing, Tax