Tax is payable on the "annual rental value" of property, other than owner occupied property. Such "annual rental value" is the higher of the rateable value and the actual rent received if the property is let. No tax is payable on vacant property or on owner-occupied property. Certain deductions for maintenance and repairs are allowed against the annual rental and the amounts of tax on property other than that let at a market rent are insignificant.
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