[Phantom Lord]

Leases specify that all taxes are added on top of the rent payment. So grow up and pay up.

I will have to dig out one of my old leases from when I was renting if I have one laying around.

I remember my lease telling me my rent was $1,040 a month and every month I sent a check for $1,040. Did my landlord just out of the goodness of his heart forget to collect the taxes on top of the rent payment?

[balrog666]

I remember my lease telling me my rent was $1,040 a month and every month I sent a check for $1,040. Did my landlord just out of the goodness of his heart forget to collect the taxes on top of the rent payment?

Obviously so - lucky you. Not all landlords are are created equal and neither are leases. My leases break out all sales taxes separately (and in some cases, property taxes) and all my tenants pay them.