Daft Property - Irish Property News

It is hard to know whether the threat by landlords to withdraw from State rental schemes and pass on a raft of charges to tenants is posturing, or a reality the Government will have to face. Housing Minister Simon Coveney's rent control measures outlined this week, which are expected to become law before Christmas, have certainly raised the hackles of the Irish Property Owners Association (IPOA), which has 5,000 members across the State. It said some members have threatened to withdraw from State-sponsored rental schemes, despite in many cases signing legally binding leases with local authorities. It has also proposed charging a payment to collect keys, imposing service charges and registration fees, obliging tenants to pay for parking and documents, and even asking tenants to contribute towards the Local Property Tax - which the Revenue Commissioners have said must be paid by owners, and not those renting. The IPOA's claims that its members are "hard-pressed" and &q

Revenue targets landlords in rental income crackdown... TAX officials are making door-to-door checks in estates across the country to see if landlords are paying all their taxes. Revenue officials are focusing on estates where there is known to be a high level of rented properties in the new clampdown on landlords. They are probing landlords who have buy-to-lets to see if they are making the correct tax claims on their rental returns and to see if they are registered with the State as landlords. It is part of an overall investigation by Revenue Commissioner officials into the black economy, the Irish Independent understands. There are fears that many buy-to-let landlords do not register with the Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB), accept cash in rent and do not make tax returns. It recently emerged that the State paid more than €250m last year to thousands of unregistered landlords. Half of the landlords who get rent supplement payments -- which can be as high as