How rental income is taxed
An individual who rents out a home for people to live in pays 5% of the rent in income tax, with no deductions. This applies whether the tenant is a person, a company or an organisation.
For any other use — an office, a shop, a warehouse — or if you choose to deduct your expenses, the standard 20% of rent minus expenses applies.
Examples
- A flat rented for 1,500 ₾ a month all year: 18,000 ₾ of rent, 5% = 900 ₾ tax, leaving 1,425 ₾ a month.
- The same flat for six months, with 3,000 ₾ of expenses: 9,000 ₾ of rent, 5% = 450 ₾. Deducting expenses instead would cost 20% × 6,000 = 1,200 ₾, so the 5% rate is better.
- An office for 2,000 ₾ a month with 4,000 ₾ of yearly expenses: 20% × (24,000 − 4,000) = 4,000 ₾.
Registration and company tenants
To use the 5% rate, landlords should submit an application to the Revenue Service to be entered in its registry of landlords. If the tenant is a company, it withholds the tax at the source when paying the rent — at 5% only if your details are in the registry, otherwise at 20%. When you rent to a private person, you declare the rent yourself by 1 April of the next year.