9.14 V. Real Estate Taxes

JurisdictionNew York

V. Real estate taxes

In general, real estate taxes are the landlord’s legal responsibility; a tenant becomes liable only for the taxes that it specifically agrees to pay as a result of lease negotiations. Like the operating expense clause, however, a real estate tax clause can be used as a catch-all to cover additional charges. Help your client control occupancy costs by limiting what building ownership may include in billable real estate taxes.

First, limit your client’s obligations to (1) real estate taxes, or (2) taxes a community may impose instead of real estate taxes. A lease should protect your client from paying a landlord’s income taxes, corporate taxes, taxes on rents and gross receipts, inheritance taxes, capital gains taxes, and payroll taxes. Be careful about language that tries to make your client responsible for undefined taxes that a government authority might impose some time. One tenant...

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