Landlord Legislation: Renters Reform Bill
The news making the rounds is that the Renters Reform Bill has proposed launching a new landlord database. Imagine the reams of data that the HMRC can access through this new database. HMRC can potentially use it to go after landlords who are not up to date on taxes due to the government. It is extremely likely that the government will use the information available through the landlords' database proposed by the Renters Reform Bill to identify those who have not made tax payments. However, there is no clarity on whether the HMRC will get access to the landlord database, which will be created from the information submitted as part of the registration process.