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Burnham to send ‘mansion tax police’ to assess home values
Inspectors can demand access to properties, and owners can be fined for refusing, in ‘assault on civil liberties’
Andy Burnham will send “mansion tax police” to homes to decide whether the owners should pay thousands of pounds more under the new levy, The Telegraph can disclose.
HMRC valuation agents will be able to demand entry to properties to assess whether they are worth more than £2m and therefore liable for the levy.
Homeowners who refuse an inspector entry would be committing a criminal offence, punishable by a fine of up to £200.
The move has been described as a “sinister assault on civil liberties” and an invasion of privacy.
The “mansion tax”, unveiled by Rachel Reeves, the former chancellor, at last year’s Budget, will hit properties worth more than £2m with an extra levy of between £2,500 and £7,500 a year, depending on how much they are worth.
London and the South East will be the areas hit hardest by the policy, although many homes in upmarket rural areas will also be affected.
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