Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in California

Principle Residence

I have been renting this house for over 5 yrs and have found out my landlord is claiming it as his principle residency, but has never lived in this house. A realtor friend of mine foudn this out. I believe this is to get out of having to pay capital gains when he sells. I figure the only reason he woudl do that is because he plans on selling the house soon and is now using this address to ''establish residence'' though he never lived here. He has another house that is his actual principle resdience but he is ''claiming'' this one (the rental) as his principle home for tax purposes. That also seems like a red flag that his isn't reporting income from this as rental property right?

Can I anonomously report him to the IRS? If so, how do i do it?


Asked on 6/19/07, 8:41 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Robert L. Bennett Law offices of Robert L. Bennett

Re: Principle Residence

I have never been involved in a "whistle blower" case, but there is new law, and you are entitled to a reward. (Don't expect too much, because the IRS seldom pays).

Enclosed web site is all about whistleblowing, and should answer all your questions.

http://www.whistleblowers.org/

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Answered on 6/19/07, 8:54 pm


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