{"id":149682,"date":"2025-03-02T13:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T06:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/tax-war-brews-over-britains-charming-little-getaways-by-the-sea\/"},"modified":"2025-03-02T13:13:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T06:13:02","slug":"tax-war-brews-over-britains-charming-little-getaways-by-the-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/tax-war-brews-over-britains-charming-little-getaways-by-the-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Tax war brews over Britain\u2019s charming little getaways by the sea"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nSecond home owners are poised to fight back as Cornwall prepares to impose double council tax \u2013 leaving councillors fearing for their budgetCornwall councillor Steve Arthur is convinced that this year\u2019s council budget will have a large hole in it because of tax-avoiding second home owners.Arthur, a local businessman who runs a holiday cottage firm in Perranporth on the north Cornish coast, expects many of the county\u2019s second home owners to nominate their children as council tax payers. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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