Manufactured home property tax and lot rent

[Puppygurl]

Buying a manufactured home situated in a park, knox county ohio. 

The lender is charging property tax and the seller is charging lot rent. Is either of these charges deductible? 

[Anonymous_]

Is the lender charging property tax and then actually paying it to the taxing authority?

You can deduct property tax in the tax year the property tax is paid (not escrowed).

[Puppygurl]

I believe there are some legalities as to what they're trying to do and I'm pursuing that, was just curious about taxes if not illegal. 

[Mike9241]

the rent is not deductible.   real estate taxes are assessed usually on both the structures and land. different places bill differently for the taxes.  where I live there is no separation of taxes for the land vs the structure. in other places they are listed separately usually because different rates apply to each. the landlord can either pay the taxes out of the rent or provide in the lease that the structure owner is liable for the taxes (as additional rent). 

Certainly the tax on your home is deductible but if you're paying the tax on the land, it would not be deductible because you don't own it. This is the same as someone renting an apartment. they don't get to deduct the real estate taxes they are in effect paying with their rent because they don't own the property.   

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I believe there once was a proposal in Congress to let renters deduct the taxes, but it was never enacted.