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    Default Re: Landlord is Charging Property Taxes to Tenant from Over Four Years Ago

    Thank you for your response. I understand what you are saying. What I don't understand if they are able to do this legally, then what is holding back landlords from doing this on a daily? They can use the same type of lease, allow a tenant to stay without charging property taxes a few years to get a reputation in the area, invest in improving their space etc and then hitting them with a bill of 4 years past due property taxes. I would say this is behavior would not fly.

    Honestly it is not worth the effort to fight it all the other tenants are obliging without any fight. They have more to lose than I do.

    I was wondering if there was any case like this previously that I can refer to?

    Thanks again!

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    Default Re: Landlord is Charging Property Taxes to Tenant from Over Four Years Ago

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    Thank you for your response. I understand what you are saying. What I don't understand if they are able to do this legally, then what is holding back landlords from doing this on a daily? They can use the same type of lease, allow a tenant to stay without charging property taxes a few years to get a reputation in the area, invest in improving their space etc and then hitting them with a bill of 4 years past due property taxes. I would say this is behavior would not fly.

    Honestly it is not worth the effort to fight it all the other tenants are obliging without any fight. They have more to lose than I do.

    I was wondering if there was any case like this previously that I can refer to?

    Thanks again!
    If the landlord fails to inform you of the amount owed, rather than believing you are the beneficiary of a windfall and ignore that you do owe the taxes, you could have called the landlord and said; hey, what do I owe for the property taxes? I’m assuming you failed to make that call.

    Unless there is a law preventing a landlord from making the tenant liable for property taxes then yes, all landlords could pass on the taxes directly to the tenant. The tenant pays the taxes in essence (at least if the landlord is smart enough to charge enough rent to cover all of the costs of the building). I see nothing inherently improper about passing the expense directly to the tenant.

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