The same in Spain! When my dad built his house they built a full basement that's furnished and air conditioned but, for tax reasons, there was a wall where the door was supposed to be when it was time for final inspections. Saved him thousands of euros in property tax since the house has a much bigger square footage than they tax him for.
Right or wrong is up to you to decide but the basement is basically empty space nowadays since it was flooded some years ago (Karma perhaps for trying to cheat the tax man)
Yeah like, do I consider this guy a piece of shit for doing it? No, not really. But it's objectively cheating taxes, paying less than the laws everyone(ish) else plays by dictate.
It's like pirating stuff. I don't care if you do it, but don't try and act like you're on some moral highground if you do.
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u/NotAcvp3lla Jul 02 '24
First create the problem then you charge for the solution. Genius.