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  • 21-01-2014 12:17am
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    sinny65
    Registered Users Posts: 62 ✭✭


    My landlord is collecting rent monthly (cash), he doesn't want me to lodge it to bank account and is not giving me receipt so I have no record of payment. Am I entitled by law to have rent book? is there an actual rent book I can buy or is it just a notebook we both sign each month?


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    Doop
    Registered Users Posts: 1,467 ✭✭✭Doop


    sinny65 wrote: »
    My landlord is collecting rent monthly (cash), he doesn't want me to lodge it to bank account and is not giving me receipt so I have no record of payment. Am I entitled by law to have rent book? is there an actual rent book I can buy or is it just a notebook we both sign each month?

    no not a specific legal book or anything, a simple little ledger from the newsagents would do, or if you're in college the student services office will have them for free. Its just a record of payments which is noted, dated and signed by your landlord, as good as a receipt really.

    Example of a college issued rent book
    https://international.nuim.ie/sites/international.nuim.ie/files/USI%20rentbook2012.pdf page 21 is the type of thing you're after, you could even just print a couple of copies of that page..or make your own.


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    gaius c
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    sinny65 wrote: »
    My landlord is collecting rent monthly (cash), he doesn't want me to lodge it to bank account and is not giving me receipt so I have no record of payment. Am I entitled by law to have rent book? is there an actual rent book I can buy or is it just a notebook we both sign each month?

    He's probably dodging the taxman but that's his problem not yours.
    Tell him "no receipt, no money" and wave it in front of him.


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    The_Conductor
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    Check to see whether the tenancy is registered with the PRTB (for starters). If you feel strongly that he is evading tax- report him to Revenue. This country is on its knees- we do not need tax evaders.


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    Gasherbraun
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    It is a legal requirement under 2004 RTA for a landlord to provide either a rent book (or sign a payment record you provide) or a written lease that states the rent and payment interval.

    Your tenancy is simply defined as the exchange of rent for accommodation and in the absence of a record that you pay rent you effectively have no evidence of a tenancy existing.

    As others above state he is probably flying under the wire and evading tax. He could also be siphoning money away from a lender and as we as a company are seeing more and more this could lead to you suddenly losing the roof over your head when a receiver comes calling.


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    gaius c
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    The_Conductor wrote: »
    Check to see whether the tenancy is registered with the PRTB (for starters). If you feel strongly that he is evading tax- report him to Revenue. This country is on its knees- we do not need tax evaders.

    Personally, I wouldn't do this until you move out. Shop him now and you'll never get your deposit back.


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