Good question. Quick research says looks like you can’t. So yes it is a necessary tax for owning a property. In the UK a tenant would pay it which makes it mor

Good question. Quick research says looks like you can’t. So yes it is a necessary tax for owning a property. In the UK a tenant would pay it which makes it more like a tax on the person. But then these are countries with sales taxes too so looks like the old saying about taxes might be true. Unavoidable. In most countries that is.