1. One application of expert determination where the expert is the agent of one party only is in land transactions between vendor and purchaser or landlord and tenant. 2. Both Northland land transactions, however, involve interests close to the late financier Frank Morgan. 3. --Allow consumers and companies to report land transactions afterwards, rather than beforehand as now. 4. During the past few years, real estate stocks have risen on speculation the government would lower land transaction and capital gains taxes to stimulate demand. 5. Hashimoto also said the banking industry wants the government to draft measures encouraging land transactions so banks can sell property held as collateral for loans. 6. It proposed cutting or freezing land taxes, abolishing the securities transaction tax, and reducing some taxes on profits generated by land transactions. 7. LDP officials have said the measures could include corporate tax cuts as well as proposals to spur land transactions. 8. Real estate stocks climbed on revived hopes the government will move to lower taxes on land transactions. 9. That could affect proposals to stimulate the moribund property market with lower taxes on land transactions and bolster the economy with additional public works spending, traders said. 10. That report will also deal with her testimony about her actions as a lawyer in land transactions in Arkansas. |