财政部:今年内不具备扩大房地产税改革试点城市的条件

财政部有关负责人表示，今年房地产税不扩大试点。

China's finance ministry has said there are no suitable conditions this year to expand the country's list of pilot cities for real estate tax reform.

中国财政部表示，今年内不具备扩大房地产税改革试点城市的条件。

The judgement was made after various aspects were taken into consideration, a Ministry of Finance official said when answering questions regarding the real estate tax reform pilot program.

财政部有关负责人就有关房地产税改革试点问题接受采访时表示，这一决定是综合考虑各方面的情况后做出的。

The program was implemented with the authorization of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, and investigations and preliminary studies have been carried out in some cities, the official said.

房地产税改革试点依照全国人大常委会的授权进行，一些城市开展了调查摸底和初步研究。