Do property companies have to pay taxes when collecting property fees?

Legal analysis: property companies have to pay value-added tax when collecting property fees. Property management belongs to life service.

Legal basis: Article 7 of the Measures for the Administration of Property Service Charges states that if the property service charges are government-guided prices, the price department of the people's government with pricing power shall, jointly with the real estate administrative department, formulate the corresponding benchmark price and its floating range according to factors such as the grade standard of property management services, and publish them regularly. The specific charging standard is agreed by the owner and the property management enterprise in the property service contract according to the specified benchmark price and floating range. The property service charges that are regulated by the market shall be agreed by the owners and the property management enterprises in the property service contract.