New lease with Property Tax provision

petethebrick

Hi,
I'm moving into a new house soon. It's a one year lease in which it states that I the tenant shall be liable to pay the property tax. What is the situation with this? Are there any official guidelines on who is responsible?

irisheddie85

According to threshold and the government the property owner is responsible for paying it.
I would avoid as although the property tax is 100 euro this year there is no way of knowing what it will be next year. sounds like more trouble than the house is worth if the landlord is trying to pull this sort of thing

djimi

You the tenant are not responsible for paying the charge, regardless of what the lease says. If they want to factor the €8.33 into the monthly rental charge then fair enough, but they cannot put in a clause that makes you responsible for the charge as an external charge.

Do not sign a lease that has a clause like this in it.

average_runner

Landlord can put what he/she wants in the lease, but you got to say YES/NO.

I mean most leases says the tenant will pay all house bills, this will include the property tax unless you get it exempt Same with water rates when it comes in.