Originally Posted by
artemis
Heh I think elZorro was making a point about apostrophes. Or should that be apostophe's.
It is correct that landlords can't usually expense cashies unless there is a receipt, but the lower rate probably makes up for that. In the end though it is the recipient who is responsible for declaring income to the IRD. People who work under the table skew the market for those of us that pay income tax and GST and should be dobbed in to IRD. Conservative estimate of the black economy in NZ is $20billion a year.
Don't agree about the Tenancy Tribunal. Yes it probably errs on the side of the tenant sometimes, but there are tens of thousands of applications each year, almost all brought by landlords. I've looked at plenty of decisions and landlords win most of the time. I did go to the TT to support a young rellie tenant once. We won 12 of 13 items claimed by the landlord, and the 13th the tenant agreed to pay. The landlord was smacked very hard by the TT on several points, including trying to get the tenant to pay for long deferred maintenance. (We had a detailed rebuttal, supported by evidence and photos, researched and written by moi LOL!)