Property tax to replace purchase restrictions  

房產(chǎn)稅擴容如箭在弦 去行政化調(diào)控手段或被取代

近日，有關(guān)房產(chǎn)稅試點擴容的消息再次引發(fā)熱議。有消息稱，房產(chǎn)稅試點擴容正不斷升級，繼上海、重慶試點房產(chǎn)稅征收后，今年有望新增數(shù)個城市進(jìn)行房產(chǎn)稅試點。對此，多位業(yè)內(nèi)人士及專家的觀點認(rèn)為，經(jīng)濟手段、市場手段代替行政化調(diào)控手段勢在必然，其中，房產(chǎn)稅或成調(diào)控“去行政化”風(fēng)向標(biāo)。

(ECNS) -- A recent report about more property tax trials has prompted concerns, and experts agree that it will eventually replace current purchase restrictions.

Wang Yukai, a professor of administrative research at the Chinese Academy of Governance, said the central government needs time to evaluate the positive and negative effects of the property tax.

"The government has put efforts into establishing a unified network registering property ownership, which is a precondition for implementing property taxes nationwide," he said.

Administrative measures in the property market will be taken by an integrative mechanism such as property taxes and second-home loans, said Zhang Hongwei, a research director at Tospur, a Shanghai-based real estate consulting firm.

Zhang said that the arrow is already on the bow, although some cities such as Beijing and Guangdong denied rumors about property taxes.

China Securities Journal reported Monday that the government has put adding more pilot cities for property tax trials on its work agenda this year.

The property tax pilot program was initiated in January 2011 in Shanghai and Chongqing.