
Boston’s Wealthy Real Estate Players Avoid Paying their Fair Share
The state legislature has blocked the city’s luxury real estate transfer tax for nearly four years.
The state legislature has blocked the city’s luxury real estate transfer tax for nearly four years.
Investor purchases accounted for 24 percent of all residential real estate sales in Boston in the fourth quarter of 2022. A 10 percent tax on those sales could yield $82 million in revenue.
New analysis from the Institute for Policy Studies shows how much Boston’s failure to enact a luxury real estate tax has cost the city.
IPS Report Documents Missing Millions as Massachusetts State Legislature Fails to Act on Boston’s Luxury Transfer Tax
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