council tax question

cpxz

Hi, not sure if it is the right place to ask a question about council tax payment.
I have a family home in wales. I pay 100% council tax for my family home. While I am working in england from mondey to friday, I share a house with some uiversity students.
I am wondering how much council tax I have to pay for the house I shared with other students.
Thanks a lot

scottishblondie

Are you a full time student?

jennifernil

I don't think it is a good idea to share with students if you are not a student. They pay nothing.

Is it an HMO, where the landlord pays the CT?

cpxz

No, I am not a student. Does that mean I have to pay 75% council tax for the shared house?

scottishblondie wrote: »

Are you a full time student?

HappyMJ

You don't pay council tax on a house in which you are not resident. You are resident in the family home so pay CT there. You are staying in the flat for a few nights a week it's not your home so you don't pay council tax. There are other rules so it doesn't always apply to every situation but on the small amount of info you've provided it sounds like you are exempt.

catfish50

HappyMJ wrote: »

You don't pay council tax on a house in which you are not resident. You are resident in the family home so pay CT there. You are staying in the flat for a few nights a week it's not your home so you don't pay council tax. There are other rules so it doesn't always apply to every situation but on the small amount of info you've provided it sounds like you are exempt.

Can you provide a pointer to more info on this exemption? I would like to know as I expect to be in a similar situation (resident part of the time in one property, part of the time in another) later this year.

If a person stays 5 nights a week in one place and 2 nights a week in another place, it seems as if they're more resident in the 5-nights place than in the 2-nights place. What criteria do you have to meet in order to only have to pay council tax in one place? Thanks.

00ec25

HappyMJ wrote: »

You don't pay council tax on a house in which you are not resident. You are resident in the family home so pay CT there. You are staying in the flat for a few nights a week it's not your home so you don't pay council tax. There are other rules so it doesn't always apply to every situation but on the small amount of info you've provided it sounds like you are exempt.

Not sure that applies in this case. It may (at the discretion of the individual council) apply where a resident LL takes in a Monday - Friday lodger provided said lodger has a main home elsewhere on which CT is payable, then the LL can disregard the part time lodger with the result, for example, that a single resident LL could then claim SPD despite the fact they have a lodger there part time.

Don't think it applies where the only resident of the property is at the top of the hierarchy - ie in this case the OP is the only liable occupant because the rest are students, therefore the OP is the liable tenant and ranks first in the order, he does not have a LL ranking above him as the LL appears to be non resident. Otherwise anyone renting a work place flat would be exempt CT and that certainly is not the case.

alternatively you really must check if it is an HMO because in that case the LL is the first (and only) person liable so the situation would change.

lets see what CIS says...

HappyMJ

It is all very confusing but isn't it to do with where your "main home" is? Wouldn't this house be the students "main home" as long as they don't also live elsewhere as well. As students they are exempt. Then as he is a lodger in the students home he is exempt as well as he has a "main home" elsewhere.

00ec25

HappyMJ wrote: »

It is all very confusing but isn't it to do with where your "main home" is? Wouldn't this house be the students "main home" as long as they don't also live elsewhere as well. As students they are exempt. Then as he is a lodger in the students home he is exempt as well as he has a "main home" elsewhere.

the OP needs to confirm who his tenancy agreement is with - the ultimate LL or the students themselves?

Unless the students own the property themselves I'd be surprised if they were allowed to sublet by the LL. (And the LL would not appear to be resident ... so back to 75% payable.)