Somebody please explain this to me/Ma è uno scherzo, vero?
You arrive at a age, a bit over 30, when you think that hardly anything can surprise you. At this age, you must have already heard of the crazy ideas to tax the fidelity miles point gained for business related trips as fringe benefit (!), but I simply remained shocked, stared at the screen blankly, when I read an article on the reform of taxation in Finland from HS, finnish edition (for once, no stealing of razors from supermarket:
"Normal people do not of course understand, that living in the own house/flat gives a sort of income, which should then be taxed", Mr. Hetemäki declares.
Now, I'm a normal person, albeit with a Master's and Doctor's degree, so I don't understand. My degrees don't help me here. Why in heart living in the house I bought constituse income, if I don't sell the house? Any help appreciated. Summary of the article, where this part is as well transalated, in english here. Luckily enough, Mr. Hetemäki, who is proposing such a wide cancelation of tax deduction in real estate sector, which, if implemented, would bring finnish market to a halt, IMO, is ashamed enough not to include this deduction in the list.
Brevemente in italiano: leggendo questo articolo, ho scoperto che in Finlandia costituisce fonte di reddito il semplice abitare in un'abitazione di proprietà, e che per bontà del ministro, i proprietari di casa non sono tassati per questo sedicente reddito. Se qualcuno ha una spiegazione razionale a questa logica invero pazza, e vai di citazione dotta (premio a chi indovina da dove, è facile) può illuminarmi?
Kaikkien vähennyksien hävittämistä työryhmä ei aio esittää. Esimerkiksi suurin verotuki eli oikeus asua omistusasunnossaan ilmaiseksi jää todennäköisesti rauhaan eikä ilmaisasumisen hyötyä panna verolle.I translate: the working group does not want to present all the deducttion removal proposals. For example, the biggest tax benefit, that is, the right to live for free in one's own house, will stay untouched, nor the advantage of free living (in one's own house, I remind) will be taxed.
"Tavalliset ihmiset eivät kyllä ymmärrä sitä, että omassa asunnossa asuminen on jotain tuloa, ja että se tulo pantaisiin verolle", Hetemäki myöntää.
"Normal people do not of course understand, that living in the own house/flat gives a sort of income, which should then be taxed", Mr. Hetemäki declares.
Now, I'm a normal person, albeit with a Master's and Doctor's degree, so I don't understand. My degrees don't help me here. Why in heart living in the house I bought constituse income, if I don't sell the house? Any help appreciated. Summary of the article, where this part is as well transalated, in english here. Luckily enough, Mr. Hetemäki, who is proposing such a wide cancelation of tax deduction in real estate sector, which, if implemented, would bring finnish market to a halt, IMO, is ashamed enough not to include this deduction in the list.
Brevemente in italiano: leggendo questo articolo, ho scoperto che in Finlandia costituisce fonte di reddito il semplice abitare in un'abitazione di proprietà, e che per bontà del ministro, i proprietari di casa non sono tassati per questo sedicente reddito. Se qualcuno ha una spiegazione razionale a questa logica invero pazza, e vai di citazione dotta (premio a chi indovina da dove, è facile) può illuminarmi?
posted by Simoniito at 23:27
2 Comments:
Il concetto di rendita catastale in Italia non è molto lontano da quello che hai letto...
Ciao, f.
Hi I stumbled across your blog and I just felt the need to comment this post!
I was pondering about the same thing when I read the newspaper. Then it hit me that paying taxes for your apartment does not differ much from paying taxes for the land one lives on. In Finland, taxpayers have paid taxes for immovable property (land that on ownes, the houses on that land) since the beginning of the 1990s. This is nothing new, as landowners have been taxed for centuries in other countries.
Actually, the situation today is a bit discriminating for people who live in houses on their own property, as they pay taxes for the house they live in, but people who live in appartements they own, do not pay any taxes for living there...
Living in your house/appartement is not income per se, but it can be taxable anyways. It was not long ago since rich people living in Finland had to pay taxes just because their property's worth was higher than a specified limit. Now this tax is abolished, but for example Ireland now has a similar tax.
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