Is the rental value (the tax base) of this law the new rents?
There is great difference between the two as the new rents are governed by the rental relation between the owner and the tenant according to the rules of Law 4/1996. The rules of the civil law are applied as well as the texts, rules and principles of the civil law such as (consent makes the law) concerning the rental value agreed upon in the contract between the owner and the tenant, and the contract duration. All these are consensual between the two parties of the contract as the rental value could be increased at any time at the decision of the owner and the tenant.
The rental value under this law is determined by the survey and estimation committees taking into consideration the principles stipulated in the law and its regulation that might underestimate the rental value agreed upon in the contract between the owner and the tenant.
The real estate tax is due on the first of January of each year, and it gets two equal installments, the first until the end of June and the second until the end of December of the same year, and the taxpayer may pay it in full on the date of paying the first installment.
Property taxes
The taxpayer is the natural person or the legal person who has the right to own, use or utilize the property, where the tenant is not considered a taxpayer, but is a joint partner with the taxpayer to pay the tax within the approved lease.
Taxpayer
25% of the proceeds of the real estate tax will be directed to the governorates for spending on education and health, and 25% of the entire proceeds will be allocated for the purposes of developing and developing slums.