Does the state stipulate that property fees should be paid in advance?

There are different rules in this place. In some places, it is stipulated that fees exceeding 6 months are not collected in advance, and in some places, fees exceeding 12 months are not collected in advance.

Take Zhejiang Province as an example:

According to the Measures for the Implementation of Property Service Charge Management in Zhejiang Province (Trial):

Twentieth property services can be received in advance, specifically by the property management companies in accordance with the "property services contract" signed with the owners' committee agreed to collect from the owners and users; If there is no agreement, the early harvest period shall not exceed 12 months.

The property service fee is collected from the month when the house is delivered and the buyer (owner) gets the key.

Twenty-first owners should pay the property service fee in full and on time in accordance with the provisions of the property service contract. Owners in violation of the property service contract, overdue payment of property service fees, the owners' committee shall urge them to pay within a time limit; Overdue payment, property management companies can be recovered according to law.

If the owner and the user of the property agree that the user of the property will pay the property service fee, the owner shall bear joint and several liability for payment. When the property right is transferred, the original owner or property user shall settle the property service fee in time.

Extended data:

According to the Measures of Beijing Municipality on the Administration of Property Service Charges (Trial):

Sixteenth property management companies can collect property service fees on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis, but not in advance for more than one year (excluding one year).

Seventeenth owners and property users agreed that the property users should pay the property service fee, from the agreement, the owners should bear joint and several liability.

When the property right is transferred, the owner or property user shall settle the property service fee.

The owner shall pay the property service fee in full and on time in accordance with the property service contract. If the owners violate the property service contract and fail to pay the service fee within the time limit, the owners' committee shall urge them to pay within a time limit; Overdue payment, property management companies can be recovered according to law.

Article 12 Where the charging system is implemented for property service charges, the property management enterprise or the owners' assembly may, in accordance with the stipulations of the property service contract, hire a professional institution to audit the annual budget and final accounts of the property service funds and the income and expenditure of the property service funds.

Thirteenth residential areas to implement government-guided property service charges, elevator and water pump operation and maintenance fees can be calculated according to their actual expenditures, according to the construction area or the number of households, and the specific measures are determined by the owners and property management companies through consultation. Before reaching an agreement through consultation, the operation and maintenance fees of elevators and pumps shall be subject to government guidance.

Fourteenth the use of property * * * with parts, * * with facilities and equipment for business, should be approved by the relevant owners, owners' congress, property management companies, in accordance with the provisions of the relevant procedures. The proceeds should be mainly used to supplement special maintenance funds, and can also be used according to the decision of the owners' meeting.

Fifteenth owners in accordance with the delivery period agreed in the housing sales contract began to pay property service fees. Included in the scope of property management has been completed but not yet sold, or due to the reasons of the development and construction unit failed to hand over the property to the property buyer on time, the property service fee shall be paid in full by the development and construction unit.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Measures for the Implementation of Property Service Charge Management in Zhejiang Province (for Trial Implementation)

Baidu Encyclopedia-Measures of Beijing Municipality on the Administration of Property Service Charges (for Trial Implementation)