Economics
Saudi Tax Relief Unleashed for Home Buyers to Keep Boom Rolling
- Government scraps 15% VAT on home sales and introduces 5% tax
- State to bear tax cost of first-time buyers, expand threshold
Construction of new houses in Riyadh.
Photographer: Fayez Mureldine/AFP via Getty Images
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Saudi Arabia added new incentives to keep its mortgage boom going by scrapping a 15% value-added tax on property sales and offering other relief for home buyers amid a push by the Arab world’s largest economy to expand residential ownership.