Dear Eddie When I read point 2. in your posting "As far as I am aware, no state in India or country in the world has such a law" I googled non-occupancy tax and saw the following article by David Lev dated 11 October 2011: "Absentee owner tax could slash Jerusalem rent prices". Not sure if it has been implemented now in Jerusalem or thrown out.
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