Listhaug at Støre's Throat About Housing Tax

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Listhaug at Støre's throat about housing tax – Is it fair that people have to take out loans to live in their own homes? That was the question that Frp leader Sylvi Listhaug addressed to Støre in the Storting's question hour on Wednesday. She points out that what Frp refers to as a housing tax shock particularly affects the elderly and those living alone. – Frp is in favor of a model that is consistently unfair, replied Støre. But the governmen…

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It is not because your house remains closed that you will escape tax. Since the reform of the progressive removal of the housing tax on principal residences, secondary residences continue to be subject to it. The question is simple: if a secondary residence is unoccupied for a large part of the year, should we still declare it and pay the tax? The answer is clear in the law, and few owners still seem to know it with certainty. The housing tax st…