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Landlord insists on rent paid by cheque....tax avoidance??

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  • catfish50
    catfish50 Posts: 545 Forumite
    suzy_g wrote: »
    My Son's landlord insists he pays by cheque even though he has asked if he can pay by standing order. I just find it bizarre that anyone would choose to wait 5 days for the funds to clear.
    Also should he have had receipts?
    Thank you

    Oldfashioned systems. More than once, in different residences, I've asked to pay ground rent or service charges by standing order or bank transfer but have been asked to pay by cheque instead. The reason given, each time, was that with cheques it's easier to keep track of who has paid and who is overdue.
  • Lokolo wrote: »
    Can I ask how?

    Read the statements

    MMM
  • Lokolo
    Lokolo Posts: 20,861 Forumite
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    Read the statements

    MMM

    Which will show cheques too.....
  • suzy_g
    suzy_g Posts: 732 Forumite
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    No actually I wont, I dont like grasses, I was just angry
  • Lokolo wrote: »
    Which will show cheques too.....

    By number on the issuing account, and by amount on the recipient's account (possibly lost in a long list of unconnected figures) - standing orders give names, and that is what HMRC needs

    MMM
  • DVardysShadow
    DVardysShadow Posts: 18,949 Forumite
    A standing order is instantly checkable - if no bank statements are available, then HMRC will assume the worst

    Cheques can come from anywhere and go anywhere, HMRC will only bother with the bigger issues

    MMM
    While true, your damnation of a cheque applies equally to a standing order. A standing order can also come from anywhere and go anywhere. Both can be verified on a statement
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  • POPPYOSCAR
    POPPYOSCAR Posts: 14,902 Forumite
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    suzy_g wrote: »
    No actually I wont, I dont like grasses, I was just angry




    Why are you angry?
  • Lokolo
    Lokolo Posts: 20,861 Forumite
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    POPPYOSCAR wrote: »
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    Why are you angry?

    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=42461222&postcount=21

    See post 21, something else has happened.
  • POPPYOSCAR
    POPPYOSCAR Posts: 14,902 Forumite
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    Lokolo wrote: »



    Yes but Op says they don't like them but not why they are angry with them.
  • DVardysShadow
    DVardysShadow Posts: 18,949 Forumite
    suzy_g wrote: »
    Because the !!!!!! has truly hit the fan these last couple of days, and i'll be honest I dont like them, but we dont like to like everybody, that's allowed isnt it!?
    Whether or not you like other people, you need to deal with the things they are doing which are causing you problems - not pick on random pretexts to have a go at them.

    So leave the business about the cheques out of it, tell us what the real problem is.
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