Re:Barcelona Fines Landlords Who Let Buildings Sit Empty
by colechristensen on Monday March 18, 2019 @07:55PM
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Fines seem to be more flexible in their enforcement and cancellation, possibly as negotiation tactics. The label, as opposed to 'tax', comes with the idea of punishment and can more logically be increased to higher levels in ways not possible if considered a cost of doing business.
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Re:Barcelona Fines Landlords Who Let Buildings Sit Empty
by CydeWeys on Monday March 18, 2019 @08:22PM
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Relatedly, it'd be interesting to see a tax with a built-in ratcheting up effect each year. Imagine if you had a tax that doubled each year a property remained vacant -- that'd be similar to how they're using these fines.
Re:Barcelona Fines Landlords Who Let Buildings Sit Empty
by cortesoft on Monday March 18, 2019 @08:53PM
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Sounds like how the repeater tax works in the NBA; each year you are over the salary cap,you have to pay a penalty per dollar over, and you pay a higher percentage each time you are over. Once you get under the cap, it resets.
The money gets split amongst the non-tax paying teams, with the idea of balancing competition between wealthier teams and poorer teams.