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Create a Certificate of Rent Paid (CRP)
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For rental property owners and managing agents
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If you own or manage a rental property and rent living space to someone, you must provide a CRP to each renter if either of these apply:
- Property tax was payable in 2023 on the property.
- The property is tax-exempt, but you made payments in lieu of property taxes.
Renters will need the CRP to apply for the Renter’s Property Tax Refund. You must give each renter a CRP by January 31, 2024.
For the most recent form, see 2023 CRP, Certificate of Rent Paid. For more information about the CRP form, see the Landlord Instructions for Form CRP. You can also use e-Services to create CRPs online.
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All residential property owners and managers can now use e-Services, our online filing and payment system, to create Minnesota Certificates of Rent Paid (CRPs).
Landlords are not required to use e-Services to create 2023 CRPs. However, landlords will be required to use e-Services to create 2024 CRPs.
Log in to e-Services
To help determine which account type to use, visit e-Services Account Types for CRPs.
Individuals
To sign up, go to the e-Services login page and select Create a username below the username fields.
To create a username, individuals are required to provide:
- Your Social Security Number (SSN) or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN)
- Refund or Amount Due from your Minnesota Individual Income Tax return or a Property Tax Refund return filed within the last 3 years
Businesses
All business users have access to the CRP system in e-Services. If you currently create CRPs using e-Services, you will be able to access and import your data in the same way as previous years. This update includes a new step-by-step process which will be available to all users.
Learn more about e-Services and how to sign up as a business user, visit our e-Services Information webpage.
You can create CRPs for one or more properties by importing your data from a file in e-Services. Importing your CRP data from a spreadsheet allows you to create CRPs for multiple addresses using one file. To learn more about formatting your file to import, visit Certificates of Rent Paid File Formats.
If you choose to manually enter your data, each street address must be created as a separate submission. You can enter multiple units as part of the same submission if they share the same address.
Landlords are not required to use e-Services to create 2023 CRPs. For 2023 CRPs can use a certified software product. See Certificate of Rent Paid Software.
Landlords will be required to use e-Services to create 2024 CRPs. You will still be able to export your data from a software product and import it into e-Services, but you will not be able to create a CRP in another way.
Rent in a Motel or Hotel
Individuals who stay in a motel or hotel can qualify to receive a CRP if it is their permanent residence and if the stay is 30 consecutive days or more. Line 1 of the CRP must be for rent only, not for any services. Often, motels and hotels are unaware of the requirement to fill out the CRP for the renter. The renter may contact the department to request a Rent Paid Affidavit (RPA) to take the place of the CRP if the hotel or motel refuses to complete a CRP.
Campgrounds, Travel Trailers, and Campers
Individuals who reside in campgrounds, travel trailers, and campers do not receive a CRP, even if they rented there for extended periods. This is true even if they do not have a permanent residence elsewhere. Sales tax is paid on such units, not property tax. Also, landlords do not issue CRPs for land rented for a trailer (unless it is considered a permanent situation involving a mobile home park).
In November 2024, you will receive a Notice of Proposed Property Tax for Taxes Payable in 2025 from your county treasurer.
By state law-as an owner of rental housing-you are required to:
- mail or hand deliver a copy of the notice to your tenants; or
- post a copy of your notice in a conspicuous place on the premises occupied by your tenants.
The purpose of providing copies or posting the notice is to notify tenants of proposed property tax increases or decreases on the building, which may affect their rent payments.
You must post, mail or hand deliver a copy of your Notice of Proposed Property Tax to your tenants by:
- November 27, 2024; or
- no later than three days after you receive the notice, whichever is later.
If You Want Your Notice to be Mailed to a Different Address
While the Notice of Proposed Property Tax is normally mailed to the same address as the property tax bill, owners of rental housing may call or write their county treasurer to request the notice be mailed to a different address.
