Landlord and Owner Tax: What to do?

Questioner

The landlord of our home has charged us an amount for sewage charges, waste, rainwater and groundwater that should be paid immediately. Inquiries with the municipality show that this charge is defined there as owner's tax. The signed rental agreement (6.1) states that, unless laws and/or regulations prohibit this, the following points are for the account of the tenant, even if the landlord is assessed for them: OZB and water board or polder charges in respect of actual use; environmental levies, including surface water pollution levy and waste water purification levy; profit tax or related taxes or levies, if and to the extent that the tenant benefits from that for which the assessment is imposed; other property or future taxes, environmental protection contributions, charges, levies and fees in respect of actual use of the rented property and/or which would not have been levied if the rented property had not been made available for use. 6.2 If the levies, taxes, etc. for the tenant's account are collected from the landlord, they must be paid by the tenant to the landlord upon first request. Are these void terms and/or is the passing on of this owner's tax a void term? Thank you in advance for your answer.

Lawyer

As the owner of a home, he or she may pass on the following levies. The following taxes and levies are related to occupying a residential property: - Real Estate Tax (OZB): must be paid by the landlord; - Sewerage charges: the landlord may pass them on to the tenant; - Waste disposal tax: the landlord may pass this on to the tenant; - Pollution levy and resident levy: may the landlord pass this on to the tenant? You can check all this in the following articles of law: 1. Water Board Act, Article 123, third paragraph, part b 2. General Administrative Law Act, Section 10.1.1