LETTER: Nevada lawmakers want to squeeze more out of real estate transfer tax
March 15, 2023 - 9:01 pm

The front of the Siegel Plaza West on July 11, 2019, in Las Vegas. (Michael Blackshire/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Instead of increasing the property transfer taxes on home sales by 20 cents to support low-income housing (“Money for low-income housing,” March 8 Review-Journal), perhaps the Legislature should consider closing the loophole that allows the big real estate owners to structure deals to avoid paying the tax, as the RJ has previously reported.