Why can my landlord see my rent receipt?

A receipt records a payment between two parties, so both hold it — you as the payer and them as the payee. The same is true in reverse: a notice they serve is on both accounts. Nobody outside a document’s parties can see it.

From the guide Receipts, Notices & Statements.

A receipt is issued when the money arrives, not when it is sent

A rent receipt is produced on settlement — when the funds have actually reached the recipient — not when the payment is submitted. On a bank transfer those are two to four business days apart. This matters: a receipt issued at submission would tell you that you had paid on a day the money had not moved, and would still say so if the bank later returned it.

Read the whole guide: Receipts, Notices & Statements

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