|
万锦市市议会将于2月13日的市议会上讨论遵循温哥华市做法、向外国房地产买家征收15%房产转让税的动议。
该动议由市议员 Karen Rea提出，由市议员何胡景附议。
他们在动议说，过去几年中，房价飙升，本地居民（特别是本地年轻人）因没有支付起的的住房，很难进入房地产市场；外国买家购买房屋的数量在增长，但很多房子被购买后，没有人入住；一些买家没有在万锦生活和工作，没有在本地缴纳省和联邦的个人所得税； 加拿大按揭及房屋公司(Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)一直对本国房地产市场提出红色警告，而温哥华和多伦多的房价是其最担忧的事项；多伦多市已通过动议，要求省政府批准多伦多市向外国买家征收额外（5%）土地转让税；温哥华自去年8月开始向外国买家征收15%的房产转让税；因此，省政府如果在全省范围向外国买家征收15%的房产转让税，可以冷却过于膨胀的市场，避免问题蔓延到其它地区。
安省政府在去年11月增加对首次置业者的退款，提高对豪宅购买者的土地转让税，但没有效仿温哥华向外国买家征收15%物业转让税的做法。
REQUEST THE GOVERNMENT OF ONTARIO TO IMPLEMENT
A FOREIGN BUYER'S TAX ACROSS THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO
SIMILAR TO THE CITY OF VANCOUVER (13.2)
No attachment
Note: The notice of this motion was given to Council on January 30, 2017.
Moved by Councillor Karen Rea
Seconded by Councillor Alan Ho
Whereas housing prices have seen a significant increase in the past couple of years;
Whereas residents (especially young residents) are experiencing difficulty entering the housing market due to a lack of affordable homes;
Whereas there has been an increase in foreign buyers purchasing properties and upon closing, many of these homes are unoccupied;
Whereas some buyers are not living or working in Markham and/or paying Provincial or Federal income tax;
Whereas Canada Mortgage and Housing is maintaining its “red warning” for the country’s real estate market with prices in around Vancouver and Toronto among its top concerns;
Whereas the City of Toronto has passed a motion for their City Manager and the Province to examine the possibility of the City of Toronto levying an additional land transfer tax on purchase and/or sale of homes to non-Canadian residents (i.e. foreign nationals who are not Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada);
Whereas the City of Vancouver has approved a 15% property charge on foreign buyers since August 2016;
Whereas the implementation of a foreign buyer’s tax across the Province would help to cool an overinflated market and ensure that one problem is not just redirected to another area;
Now therefore be it hereby resolved:
1) That the City of Markham Council request the Government of Ontario to implement a foreign buyers tax across the Province of Ontario similar to the City of Vancouver; and,
2) That a copy of this motion be sent to the Honourable Kathleen Wynne, Premier of Ontario, the Honourable Bill Mauro, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing; the Honourable Patrick Brown, Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party; the Honourable Andrea Horwath, Leader of the New Democratic Party; and all MPP’s in the Province of Ontario; and,
3) That a copy of this Motion be sent to all Ontario Municipalities for their consideration; and further,
4) That a copy be sent to the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) and Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM).
|
相关文章
