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Witney Gazette Article Rating

Mansion tax could be 'administrative nightmare', says estate agent

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    78% Very Right

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : He also voiced concerns about a 2 per cent increase in tax rates on dividends and property, announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves.
50% : "It's just the latest headache for landlords who are already having to get their heads around the new Renters Rights Act, the Making Tax Digital scheme and various energy efficiency measures.
47% : Mr Kay said: "The proposed mansion tax will hit local people who aren't multi-millionaires, but instead are often long-term owners whose home value has crept up over the decades, often thanks to inflation and local demand or work they have done on their properties.
46% : "The mansion tax, which starts at homes valued at £2million, isn't a clever way to target the ultra-rich, it's a stealth wealth grab which threatens to stall the housing market, burden homeowners and hurt people who played by the rules.
45% : "The tax is only forecast to raise around £400million annually, but how much will it cost to roll out and then administer the scheme on an ongoing basis?" He added: "Anyone who finds themselves falling into the new mansion house trap is likely to appeal, adding further delays and complexity.
40% : Brendan Kay, managing director of Parkers Properties, has expressed concerns about the tax, announced in today's Budget.
40% : "The mansion tax will be hugely challenging to implement as it will require the first revaluation of council tax bands in more than 30 years.
31% : A new mansion tax could become an "administrative nightmare" according to a leading West Oxfordshire estate agent.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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