Specialist Kulakov recalled the need to pay property taxes before December 1

“December 1 is the deadline for paying property taxes.

Recall that the amount of real estate tax is calculated as a percentage of the cadastral value of real estate objects - rooms, apartments, houses, cottages, garages, ”the expert explained.

The specialist recalled that the following rates are currently applied to calculate the tax: 0.1% of residential real estate or a garage, 0.5% of the cost of everything else, and 2% if the object is more expensive than 300 million rubles.

“In a number of regions, new results of the state cadastral valuation of real estate and land, which took place in 2021, will be used to calculate the tax,” he stressed.

At the same time, regardless of its results, this will affect the tax for residential premises insignificantly, the RT interlocutor added.

Kulakov also noted that it is forbidden by law to increase the property tax for individuals by more than 10% per year.

“In addition, we must remember that large families, military personnel, the disabled, pre-pensioners and pensioners and a number of other categories of citizens have property tax benefits,” the expert said.

As Kulakov explained, the benefit is not automatically granted: for this, you need to apply to the tax office with an application for it and with documents confirming the grounds for it.

“The exemption applies to one apartment, one garage and one house.

If a citizen owns several real estate objects of the same type, then the benefit will apply only to one previously selected by him.

But the tax deduction, to which all citizens are entitled, should be taken into account when calculating the tax, ”the specialist said.

According to him, late payment or non-payment of property tax is fraught with the accrual of penalties, the recovery of the amount of unpaid tax through the courts, and even the restriction of exit from Russia.

He also warned that the higher the cadastral value of real estate, the higher the penalties.

Earlier in Russia, they called for a ban on the sale of shares in multi-room apartments under the guise of studios.