Move may deter investors from snapping up homes
SINGAPORE: The island-state has imposed extra property taxes in a move seen by analysts as targeting the super wealthy who are purchasing homes under opaque structures to avoid such levies.
Authorities will impose a 35% additional buyer’s stamp duty on homes transferred into a trust where there’s no identifiable beneficial owner, the Ministry of Finance said late Sunday.
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