Landlord wants to take over council tax payments

Lance_De_Boils

I was wondering about compulsory registration for landlords too.
Or avoiding paying tax on his income from your tenancy.

chelseablue

Does the landlord have school age children?


Just wondering if the LL wanted to get his children into a good school nearby and needed proof of address

psychological

chelseablue wrote: »

Does the landlord have school age children?


Just wondering if the LL wanted to get his children into a good school nearby and needed proof of address

Haha, good thought but definitely not in this particular area.

Lance_De_Boils

Just wondering.....does income from, say, three months rental have to be declared to HMRC?

Pixie5740

Lance_De_Boils wrote: »

Just wondering.....does income from, say, three months rental have to be declared to HMRC?

Yes, and I'm sure Mrs pb does this already.

Guest101

Lance_De_Boils wrote: »

Just wondering.....does income from, say, three months rental have to be declared to HMRC?

I think she runs it as a holiday let, which is different to a tenancy (both must be declared)

theartfullodger

Mrs_pbradley936 wrote: »

I do this for a legitimate reason in that every winter I spend a few months somewhere sunny and my house insurance says they place cannot be unoccupied for more than 28 days. My solution OK with Council and insurance ( I expect also ok for electric, gas, internet and phone but nothing in writing) is to keep all standing orders in my name because I am returning to my own residential property and the move is temporary.

I cannot do an Assured Shorthold Tenancy because that entitles the renters to be there for 6 months. It has to be a date to date tenancy but so far it has worked out fine. It is usually for about 3 months or just under - just enough for the spiteful cold to be over!

This can only be a "Holiday Let" if it genuinely is for a "Holiday".

Am I alone in finding it unlikely that Mrs pb's tenant is unlikely to be "on holiday" & that perhaps Mrs pb knows this??

Guest101

theartfullodger wrote: »

This can only be a "Holiday Let" if it genuinely is for a "Holiday".

Am I alone in finding it unlikely that Mrs pb's tenant is unlikely to be "on holiday" & that perhaps Mrs pb knows this??

Oh totally.


I just mean that it's possible that as she is absent at a certain time each year, it's possible to have someone who rents a property for a week or two over the winter period.


For example my friends siblings visit regularly around Christmas, so in theory they could have a standing agreement to rent the same property at a preferred rate every year.


It far more likely this tenant is a full time tenant and MrsP is dodgy as owt. - having been called out on it, disappears into the internet ether.

Miss_Samantha

theartfullodger wrote: »

Am I alone in finding it unlikely that Mrs pb's tenant is unlikely to be "on holiday" & that perhaps Mrs pb knows this??

In itself, this still does not make the tenancy an assured tenancy, though.

xylophone

Thanks, yes I've asked the question and it's do with credit apparently, although I have no idea what that means.

And in this context, you are not alone.....:)