Do American apartments have to pay property tax?

(1) Buying a house in the United States does not require paying taxes to governments at all levels.

If the price quoted by the housing developer is $500,000, and after bargaining, it is $480,000, then the buyer needs to pay $480,000 to the developer or the real person without paying taxes to the government; No charge.

Buy your own home insurance company to buy home insurance; An insurance company buys property insurance. Home insurance company and property insurance company are both private enterprises, and the government is not important.

If there is an intermediary, the intermediary pays a certain intermediary fee (below 3%). If it is a second-hand house, the seller pays the intermediary fee (below 3%) to the middleman between the buyer and the seller. But a real estate agent is not a necessary condition for sales. Buyers and sellers do not have to worry about legal issues, and direct transactions, intermediaries and intermediary fees do not exist.

In short, American buyers and sellers do not have to pay taxes or any other fees to the government.

(2) Real estate taxes levied by the United States on local infrastructure and education.

The real estate tax levied by local governments in the United States can only be used for education and construction.

American or federal real estate tax. The United States federal income tax is levied on legitimate income (including enterprises and individuals). Some States in the United States levy income tax on individuals; Some States levy personal income tax and sales tax, but it includes real estate sales. Therefore, the real estate tax in the United States is not a federal tax or a state tax in the United States. The real estate tax levied by local governments in the United States can only be used in the fields of education and construction, and the expenditure budget and tax budget are corresponding.

(3) American real estate tax is decided by voters, and the government negotiates with them.

American local governments pass elections once a year. The real estate tax or tax rate in the United States is elected by government officials, and the balance between development and income is announced to all residents. Many public hearings were put forward by elected officials at the final public hearing.

(D) American real estate tax has a complete legal system of legal protection.

In the United States, if the taxpayer's real estate tax is unfair, it can take 3 months to 5 months, and taxpayers in Dananana or taxpayers can participate in the hearing and consultation of the local government; Refuse to accept the appeal of the local government.

Taxpayers do not pay tax and interest value-added tax; A certain number of local governments can help the armed forces in court and force taxpayers to move out of the house; The auction house is in the market. This is a rare thing, but it does happen.

For example, the local government will solve the housing problem of some poor people by partially taxing the federal government according to the law. If some low-income elderly people in the United States can get apartments for the elderly, some children from single-parent families can apply for a set of housing subsidies.

It can be said that the real estate tax law of the United States has a complete system of democracy and legal protection.

(5) American real estate archives are open.

The contents include the name of the American real estate owner, the size and value of the house, the real estate, the tax rate and the tax amount.

Real estate, such as Yao Ming, 20 13, is located in harris county, Houston. Harris county real estate website, enter the address of the real estate, you can see the price of the real estate for 5 years and the details of two tax rates and taxes; Yao Ming is the name of the real estate from 20 1 1 to 20 13; 20 14 changed hands. Some local government websites have published all the records of real estate history.

(6) In the United States, the property tax rates are different.

The general real estate market price is 1%-3%. For example, the real estate market price of houses is 6.5438+0 million, and the annual tax revenue is between 6.5438+0 million and 30,000 dollars. The real estate market price of a house is not necessarily the purchase price of the property.