HMRC paid out £509.000 in the last financial year to individuals providing evidence of tax fraud. That includes information about property investors and landlords who were not declaring their income or otherwise "not paying the right amount of tax", as HMRC put it. That figure is up 75% from five years ago. In the US, the IRS actually pay a percentage of the evaded tax collected. It can be as much as 30%, which provides significant incentives to whistle blowers. HMRC are continuing to target landlords, recently writing to a large number of non-resident landlords giving them forty days to get their house in order (excuse the pun) and declare any unpaid revenue. Within the letter they warned the property owners "if you have not told is everything we will take it very seriously". That means potential penalties, interest and prosecution in some cases. 

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