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Rent Allowance

  • 02-04-2009 4:17pm
    #1
    greendom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,382 ✭✭✭✭


    I've recently been made unemployed and applied for rent allowance (as well as JSA etc). The landlord signed the relevant form and I sent it off.

    The landlord came round today to say that he has received a letter from the HSE requesting his PPS number for tax purposes

    He says that his accountant has advised him not to fill it in as it will mean the tax he will have to pay will make renting out the house pointless.

    Where do I stand with this ? Ironically I received the first payment for rent allowance today so the application has obviously been accepted.


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  • #2
    Santa Claus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭Santa Claus


    greendom wrote: »
    He says that his accountant has advised him not to fill it in as it will mean the tax he will have to pay will make renting out the house pointless.


    His accountant shouldn't be advising him to avoid tax!!
    If you have a rent agreement then I don't see how he can refuse to accept the payments from you...whatever happens between him and revenue is his own problem (though obviously i wouldn't say it like that to him).
    Contact Citizens Advice centre on O'Connell St (or your local one if you're not in Dublin)


  • #3
    greendom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,382 ✭✭✭✭greendom


    Santa Claus wrote: »
    His accountant shouldn't be advising him to avoid tax!!
    If you have a rent agreement then I don't see how he can refuse to accept the payments from you...whatever happens between him and revenue is his own problem (though obviously i wouldn't say it like that to him).
    Contact Citizens Advice centre on O'Connell St (or your local one if you're not in Dublin)


    Thanks for this. We don't have a rent agreement but we do have a rent book. he has been a pretty good landlord up to now, but it sounds like he's been badly advised.


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