If the property company does not issue a formal invoice, can the owner refuse to pay the property fee?

Without a formal invoice, the owner can't refuse to pay the property fee. Since the property has provided property services for a certain period of time, the owner should pay the property fee, which is not necessarily related to whether the property has issued a formal invoice. You can report complaints to the tax authorities where the house is located.

According to the property management regulations:

Article 41

The owner shall pay the property service fee in accordance with the provisions of the property service contract. If the owner and the user of the property agree that the user of the property shall pay the property service fee, the owner shall bear joint and several liability from the agreement. Property that has been completed but has not been sold or handed over to the property buyer shall be paid by the construction unit.

Article 64

In violation of the property service contract, the owners fail to pay the property service fee within the time limit, and the owners' committee shall urge them to pay it within a time limit; If it fails to pay within the time limit, the realty service enterprise may bring a lawsuit to the people's court.

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According to the Measures for the Administration of Property Service Charges:

Article 15

The owner shall pay the property service fee or property service fund in full and on time in accordance with the property service contract. If the owner fails to pay the service fee or property service fund within the time limit in violation of the property service contract, the owners' committee shall urge him 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 shall pay the property service fee or the property service fund, the owner shall bear joint and several liability from the agreement. When the property right is transferred, the owner or property user shall settle the property service fee or property service fund.

Article 5

Property service charges should follow the principles of reasonableness, openness and adaptability between charges and service level.

Article 6

Property service charges should distinguish the nature and characteristics of different properties, and implement government-guided prices and market-regulated prices respectively. The specific pricing form shall be determined by the price departments of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government in conjunction with the real estate administrative departments.

Article 7

If the property service charges are subject to government-guided prices, the competent 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 standard of property management service level, and publish it 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.

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