mark123can
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do you have a rent book or lease or any proof of what you have been paying?
Check if the address is listed here:
http://www.prtb.ie/pubregister.htm
If not, there's a strong likelihood that the landlord is not registered with the PRTB (as required by law) and, it follows, probably not declaring income to Revenue. These can both be used as, ahem, bargaining chips.
Did you ever have to provide PPS no. for the PRTB? You would have got confirmation back from them with the registration number if so.
The land lord is obligibed to register with the PRTB, but I don't know if they HAVE to sign rent supplement forms - you often see on DAFT that certain landlords don;t accept rent allowance/supplement. I know some landlords are reluctant to sign forms as if the rent allaowance is cut off the tentant often just shrugs their shoulder & says "what can I do?" (happened me....she couldn't understand why she wouldn't get full RA after taking a 2 month holiday?!?!). I'd still take RA though.... actually I'd be open to green shield stamps!
That's why I said: "strong likelihood that the landlord is not registered with the PRTB".I have to say I'm sick of this bull**** advice of people assuming that just because a landlord doesnt want to sign any forms that he must be avoiding tax and to go check it out with the PRTB if they are registered! We all know the PRTB aint the most efficient and I wouldnt be taking their list as gospel!
You're contradicting yourself. If the landlord is fully compliant with relevant legislation, there's no legal way he could victimise the tenant for "ratting him out". If the landlord is registered with the PRTB and declaring to Revenue he has nothing to fear anyway, so nobody loses out.But you go "rat out" somebody to the taxman on the assumption that he's on the fiddle and I'm sure that he will show you the door that little bit quicker!!
Hi
I was reading a number of PRTB cases one which involved a scenario like yours. Then tenant complained to the prtb because the landlord refused to sign a rent supplement form some time after the tenant lost her job. The PRTB ruled that the landlord was not obliged to sign these forms and neither was there any legislation to ensure a landlord would have to.
Mangos
So landlord and tenant got on the wrong side of the law in the North; bummer.... I have to get the tenant's PSNI number ... PRTB currently (not in the past) checks the PSNI numbers of both landlord and tenant...
Would it not be best to just leave and find a landlord who will accept rent allowance/supplement?
Sorry mathpac I'm still with the PRSI number in my head and have never moved to the PPS number, don't know where I got PSNI though?So landlord and tenant got on the wrong side of the law in the North; bummer.
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