[quote=jpinpb][quote=CA renter][quote=outtamojo]Renters don’t get breaks? Renters get free fire and police protection and those with kids get free
schools and anything else property tax pays for.[/quote]
Unless the landlords are in the red every month for the same amount as their property taxes (after deductions are taken into account), then it’s the renters who are paying the property tax — through the landlord.
If the landlords are making a profit, then they are the ones getting something for free.[/quote]
Yes. I was going to say that. True the renters aren’t cutting a check directly to the bank/government. They are writing a check to the landlord and very likely some of that money goes to the bank/government, so indirectly, the renter is still paying for it.
Maybe we can change the laws where the landlord gets less rent and the renter gets the write-off while cutting a check to the bank/government.
The landlord is a third party.[/quote]
Yes but for me, back-tracking in the theoretical world gets rather circuitous. The landlord demands the renter cover his property taxes- the renter doesn’t have to pay what the landlord demands but they cave and do. Who pays the renter- its the employer (what about section8 ?). So is it the employer who indirectly pays for property tax 2 steps removed because employees demand a certain wage? Who pays the employer- its the user of that business’ goods and services. Is that person a renter or a landlord? For me, bottom, line, its the guy or gal who cuts the check. Renters can always go somewhere else but landlords cannot avoid the gov, short of bankruptcy.Couldn’t you also say that a break given to landlords is a break given to renters indirectly since we are asserting that a tax on a landlord is also a tax on a renter? Net profits on rentals are taxed again btw.
