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The judgment of the Borgarting Court of Appeal concerning the validity of the introduction of the property tax in Oslo will be the subject of an appeal to the Supreme Court of the municipality. It will be released Thursday.
It is Dagens Næringsliv who spoke about it for the first time, but Aftenposten also confirms that Oslo is the anchor.
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In September 2015, the left won the elections. The same fall, the new city council promised to introduce a property tax. However, the judgment of the Court of Appeal indicates that Oslo has not complied with the deadlines prescribed by law when expelling the property tax in 2016.
About 3,400 people, supported by Huseiernes Landsforbund, supported group action against the municipality. According to the judgment, less than 1000 of them will be entitled to a refundable tax.
However, if the municipality wants to treat all homeowners who have paid taxes this year, about 260 million NOK will have to be repaid from the city bank.
The bourgeois opposition of the city council has demanded equal treatment, but the municipal council has not yet decided to accept it or not.
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The lawyer Bettina Banoun in Wiersholm, who defends the plaintiffs, confirms to Dagens Næringsliv that they also anchor some parts of the verdict.
They consider that the tax as such was illegal, since a large deduction implied that only 20% of the owners of Oslo had to pay the first year. The law states that the tax can not be designed to imply a general exemption.
The Court of Appeal dismissed the claim but, in its judgment, it is emphasized that politicians are very free to set a high deduction.
"We are delighted that the court clearly states that the moderate property tax imposed by the Oslo City Council is legal.The Court of Appeal has given the municipality an agreement on all the important points. Political issues should be settled in elected bodies, not in court, Finance Bureau Robert Steen (AP) said when the verdict fell.
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