What is tenancy deposit prescribed information?
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What is tenancy deposit prescribed information? It is a set of details the law requires you to give your tenant within 30 days of receiving a deposit: who holds it, how to get it back and a signed certificate. The list dates from 2007. Not on its own. The law lists the information you must give, including details of the scheme, the contents of its leaflet, details of the tenancy and a certificate signed by you. Check that what you send covers the whole list. 30 days, beginning with the day you receive the deposit. Protecting the deposit has the same 30-day deadline. Yes. The law calls them a relevant person: anyone who paid the deposit on the tenant's behalf under an arrangement with the tenant, such as a parent. They must get the information too. Read the full answer, with every source, at rightotax.co.uk.
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What is tenancy deposit prescribed information? It is a set of details the law requires you to give your tenant within 30 days of receiving a deposit: who holds it, how to get it back and a signed certificate. The list dates from 2007. Not on its own. The law lists the information you must give, including details of the scheme, the contents of its leaflet, details of the tenancy and a certificate signed by you. Check that what you send covers the whole list. Read the full answer, with every source, at rightotax.co.uk.
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