David Barboza, 离婚,中国房产新政的副产品. 纽约时报中文网, Mar 11, 2013.
http://cn.nytimes.com/article/china/2013/03/11/c11shanghai/
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David Barboza, In China, Checklist for a Home Seller: First, Get a Divorce. One way rumored to avoid a tax? Separation, at least on paper. New York Times, Mar 9, 2013
(After the Mar 1, 2013 announcement by the China cabinet to impose 20% sale tax for a secondary home--though local governments have not set a deadline--couples are filing fake divorces so that each can claim a home as primary, or to get arround another new rule that requires home buyers to put down a much higher deposit on a second home than on a primary residence)
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