New land rates law: Who will pay for freehold property and who won’t

Where one has leased land from either the county or national governments, they are eligible to pay annual rents to these governments.

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Lawsuits have been filed contesting the imposition of land rates on freehold tenure properties. Due to widespread misunderstanding around land rent and land rates, some of these will be needlessly lost.

Land rents are tenure-specific, and are payable to landlords for land they may have leased. Therefore, where one has leased land from either the county or national governments, they are eligible to pay annual rents to these governments.

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Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.