Minnesota Landlord Reminder
Minnesota rental property owners have to issue a Certificate of Rent Paid to each of their tenants from 2006 by January 31, 2007. The CRP is the State's way of rebating the property owners' taxes to the tenants. I could get on a soap box about this redistribution of wealth program, but hey, I live in Minnesota and that comes with the package!
The forms can be obtained on this website under "CRP Instructions for Landlords". If you're new to the landlord business, the instructions are short and easy to follow. Read them first and then fill out one form for each of your tenants, even if they only rented for one month. If you don't have their current mailing address, it's suggested you send it to the address they rented from you and it will be forwarded. If it's returned, keep the entire envelope with the postmark in the tenant's file in case you are called to task for not sending it!
Minnesota rental property owners have to issue a Certificate of Rent Paid to each of their tenants from 2006 by January 31, 2007. The CRP is the State's way of rebating the property owners' taxes to the tenants. I could get on a soap box about this redistribution of wealth program, but hey, I live in Minnesota and that comes with the package!
The forms can be obtained on this website under "CRP Instructions for Landlords". If you're new to the landlord business, the instructions are short and easy to follow. Read them first and then fill out one form for each of your tenants, even if they only rented for one month. If you don't have their current mailing address, it's suggested you send it to the address they rented from you and it will be forwarded. If it's returned, keep the entire envelope with the postmark in the tenant's file in case you are called to task for not sending it!










