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How does HMRC know I'm a FTB?

FTBorNotFTB
FTBorNotFTB Posts: 1 Newbie
in House buying, renting & selling
I'm looking to purchase a property.

I have previously owned property, but this was sold back in 2010. I have rented ever since.

All mortgage information has been removed from my credit reports for over 2 years.

How does HMRC know that I once owned a property in 2010? If the credit reports are clear of this information, can I sneak through an FTB SDLT discount application?
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  • BoGoF
    BoGoF Posts: 7,098 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Do you think the land registry information suddenly vanishes too?


    And what you are proposing is fraud.
  • davidmcn
    davidmcn Posts: 23,596 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    For starters, the SDLT return submitted by your purchaser in 2010 will have had your details. If you bought under the SDLT regime then your own return too. The Land Registry will have your details. And so on.
  • theartfullodger
    theartfullodger Posts: 15,779 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    What happened to those fundamental British traditions of decency & fair-play?
  • Doozergirl
    Doozergirl Posts: 34,082 Forumite
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    You put your NI Number on the SDLT form, if I recall correctly.
    Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
  • marliepanda
    marliepanda Posts: 7,186 Forumite
    Have you really never heard of 'records'?
  • G_M
    G_M Posts: 51,977 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    How do the police know I drove at 80 mph?

    How does the VAT man know my roofer got paid for fixing my roof?

    How does the bank know that £500 I paid in was not drugs income?

    In some cases it's records, files, cameras etc, in other cases it's self-certification which relies on honesty or fear of being done for fraud.
  • kinger101
    kinger101 Posts: 6,639 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Your solicitor likely entered your NI number on the SDLT return (as it's required for the lead purchaser). You might well get free board and lodgings from Her Majesty's government if HMRC found out. Theft is a criminal offence.
    "Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance" - Confucius
  • G_M
    G_M Posts: 51,977 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    kinger101 wrote: »
    Your solicitor likely entered your NI number on the SDLT return (as it's required for the lead purchaser). You might well get free board and lodgings from Her Majesty's government if HMRC found out. Theft is a criminal offence.
    Not sure it's theft, but that's a whole different argument...
  • 00ec25
    00ec25 Posts: 9,123 Forumite
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    FTBorNotFTB wrote: »
    can I sneak through an FTB SDLT discount application?
    please do try, the country needs the extra money from the fines you will be charged with for fraud.

    However, when questioned, please immediately hold your hands up to it as we do not want to increase the prison population housed at taxpayer expense through being done for deliberate concealment

    NI NUMBER
  • HampshireH
    HampshireH Posts: 4,999 Forumite
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    This is a wind up surely:rotfl:
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