{"id":113329,"date":"2019-12-31T01:19:01","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T18:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/billionaire-chinese-parliamentarian-zheng-jianjiangs-wife-wins-lawsuit-against-vacancy-tax-on-us21m-vancouver-home\/"},"modified":"2019-12-31T02:07:34","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T19:07:34","slug":"billionaire-chinese-parliamentarian-zheng-jianjiangs-wife-wins-lawsuit-against-vacancy-tax-on-us21m-vancouver-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/billionaire-chinese-parliamentarian-zheng-jianjiangs-wife-wins-lawsuit-against-vacancy-tax-on-us21m-vancouver-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Billionaire Chinese parliamentarian Zheng Jianjiang\u2019s wife wins lawsuit against vacancy tax on US$21m Vancouver home"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nA Canadian court has quashed a massive tax bill on a C$26.8 million (US$21 million) Vancouver home owned by the wife of billionaire Chinese parliamentarian Zheng Jianjiang, ordering the city to reconsider whether she deserved to be hit with the C$249,313.67 (US$191,000) charge for leaving the home empty.The lawsuit by He Yiju had been closely watched in Vancouver, where the city introduced the tax on empty homes in 2017 in a bid to improve affordability and to deter speculators from leaving\u2026
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
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