Actually thinking about it she's probably ALSO not securing deposits as legally required, nor doing safety checks etc required of landlords which puts tenants lives at risk - so yea report her tax dodging tenant shafting arse!
She's hardly on the bones of her arse is she!
I certainly couldn't stay friends with them, and I'd be honest & say why.
And if she is also naive enough to think they only go through letting & estate agents to find people like her she needs to think again. They know people like her try and go through less "official" channels. They have software & other tools to search for certain anomalies.
Op paying in cash does not necessarily mean it was "cash in hand" certain jobs customers pay primarily in cash for other reasons. Cleaners are unlikely to even be hitting tax paying threshold.
"People who aren't bothered about one law, tend to be less bothered about others" yep it's partly why giulianis zero tolerance policies worked to keep crime being reduced in New York. It let criminals know that there was a stringent regime in place AND iirc led to criminals of the worst crimes being caught through their commission of smaller crimes.
Plus op's said this friend is "disorganised" I can't imagine she's the type to be on top of annual gas safety checks etc
Shouldn't be surprised considering who posted this but:
"If she is a higher rate tax payer she probably already paying way more in tax than she takes out of the state." Err no! That's highly unlikely given the actual costs of healthcare, roads maintenance, infrastructure supply and maintenance (electricity, gas, lighting, water treatment), police, fire service, armed forces, local and central government, civil service admin, schools, refuse collection etc etc etc and she's benefitting from these for not 1 but 3 properties!
For me the difference between this and suspected benefit fraud is 2 fold
1 the suspected perpetrator is not in hardship
2 (appalling difference here) they're investigated BEFORE they're punished (with benefits first thing that happens is they basically assume guilt before they have any info and suspend all payments)
What would play on my mind is what else as a landlord is she not doing that she's supposed to.
There's as many as 4000 hospital admissions a year due to co poisoning and many of those are tenants in poorly maintained rented properties.
Personally I'd make it that ALL landlords had to go on a registry with local council hell I'd make it a licenced occupation where they had to undergo training on what they're legally required to do to maintain the safe and habitable condition of the property, then they have to register with council and hmrc and to keep their licence & registration they have to meet their legal obligations.
Maybe then we wouldn't have people freezing and dying in poorly maintained properties.