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Se­nior Po­lit­i­cal Re­porter

Gov­ern­ment’s Land­lord Busi­ness Sur­charge will car­ry strong penal­ties for non-com­pli­ance, in­clud­ing for land­lords col­lect­ing rent from premis­es and fail­ing to reg­is­ter those premis­es. Such land­lords will be sub­ject to a $250,000 fine plus three years’ im­pris­on­ment.

Land­lords who know­ing­ly sup­ply false in­for­ma­tion to the Board of In­land Rev­enue will al­so be sub­ject to this penal­ty, Fi­nance Min­is­ter Dave Tan­coo stat­ed in the House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives on Fri­day.