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Re:Rewarding Neglect and Punishing Investment in Struggling ... by afarrell on Thursday March 14, 2019 @04:04AM (#19387295)
> It depends on the square meters of the building

Is that the Sq meters of the ground floor, or sq meters when you add up the space of all the floors?

If the former, that sounds like a land value tax—-something that lots of people have suggested would improve construction incentives

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Re:Rewarding Neglect and Punishing Investment in Struggling ... by Tade0 on Thursday March 14, 2019 @04:24AM (#19387368)
We have both in Poland - they're pretty minimal unless you're running a business in there - then the latter shoots up roughly 30x[0].

[0] Provided you dedicate at least one whole room for commercial activity. If you don't then apparently there's no additional taxation. I am not qualified to give tax-related advice though, so don't quote me on that.

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