(especially in legal usage) a person who purchases or contracts to purchase; buyer. Origin of emptor. 1870-1875. 1870-75; < Latin: buyer, equivalent to em(ere) to buy + -tor -tor, with intrusive -p-. Examples from the Web for emptor.
Taxes. Because rent is considered income, it is taxable to the extent that your income is taxable. For example, if your income (including rent) minus any allowable exemptions and deductions is still taxable, then your rent is taxable. However, if you also use the rental property as your home, and you rent it out less than 15 days out of the year, then the rent you collect is not considered part of your income.
The rental income tax is the amount of tax one pays to the government for income that is derived from the use of residential property. This tax came about when the Finance Act 2015 introduced a new Section 6A in the Income Tax Act that provides for a simplified tax regime on rental income. The rental income tax is the amount of tax one pays to the government for income that is derived from the use of residential property. However, if the rent collected exceeds ten million shillings during any year of income, one does not qualify to be in this tax bracket.