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		awad on March 26, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Twitter forces all new users to enter a valid phon... From an accounting perspective in this hypothetical scenario I believe that you would not be legally allowed to dip into the deposit money save for that recovered through bans. Which creates very perverse incentives.

sadris on March 26, 2019 [–]

Landlords are allowed to place received security deposits into interest bearing accounts.

gpm on March 26, 2019 | [–]

Where I live they owe interest to the tenants on deposits.

sadris on March 26, 2019 | | [–]

Correct. And they get that interest by placing it in an interest bearing account.

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