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Originally Posted by Taf
I know one who rents out 2 properties at over £1000pcm each, and he has never paid a penny towards the mortgages... the DWP has been doing that via Housing Benefit.
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So he is in fact paying lots of pennies towards his mortgage and if the DWP is paying the rent then he will be paying tax on the income of those properties
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Originally Posted by Osem
Makes or declares? 
There are, of course, some extremely wealthy, exploitative and unpleasant landlords out there for whom a fine of a few grand would be meaningless and yes there are many decent and honest ones for whom it'd be a lot more serious. The richer they are, the less the fines affect them. Maybe what's required is proportional fines... |
Exactly , perhaps based on the value of the landlords portfolio .
Having said that I don't see that identifying illegal immigrants is anything to do with landlords ,perhaps they should bill HMG for providing that service