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Elderly landlady leaves most of her properties to tenants (www.dutchnews.nl)

submitted 3 months ago by perishthethought@lemm.ee to c/upliftingnews@lemmy.world

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An 87-year-old woman from Lemiers in Limburg who owned substantial real estate in nearby Vaals has left most of it to her tenants in her will.

According to the Telegraaf, Anneliese Houppermans, who earned her money from a successful fruit and vegetable business, owned several houses in the community. She never married or had children, and her ties to her family had faded over the years.

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[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 120 points 3 months ago (22 children)

At first (because I'm a rapidly evolving into my final curmudgeon form) this put me in mind of those families that ended up losing their house after appearing on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition because they could no longer afford the taxes and upkeep on their houses. But this line of the article helped put me at ease:

“I only have to pay €75,000 in inheritance tax which I have turned into a mortgage. I have effectively been given €200,000, it’s great,” he said.

[–] asbestos@lemmy.world 34 points 3 months ago (21 children)

What the hell is up with such a high inheritance tax

[–] Redredme@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Welcome to Holland, we've arranged good dikes, good infrastructure, social benefits and affordable healthcare for all.

How do we pay for all of it?

Yeah... You now know how. We pay a lot of tax. And I mean a lot. 17+ % VAT on everything. Cars have an extra tax called bpm of around 20%. So half the price of a car is tax. 1 litre (not a gallon!) of ron95? Over 2 euros. Etc. (because that's not all)

It's fun.

And thats why we are tall. Because if we weren't we would drown in our taxes ;)

[–] leds@feddit.dk 1 points 3 months ago

Welcome to danmark: 25% VAT , 150%? On cars

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