Am I wrong to think this way?

AdamPD

barbarawright wrote: »

Why are you charging your lodger extra for having a guest? Is he paying full board and you are also feeding the girlfriend?

It's perfectly normal to charge a lodger extra if they have people stay over for an extended period (3 days or more is when my dad charges)
In the same way live in landlords charge more for couples, vs single people

Ames

AdamPD wrote: »

Already covered in the rest of the thread and I said, twice now, I agree
The issue right now is what to do about the money I suspect he's pocketing himself from the lodgers income rather than splitting the excess half each, or paying down the mortgage (which is what we agreed to)
And, what the liabilities are for myself given that he's refusing to pay tax on the income from said lodgers.

As long as the lodger is paying less than £7,500 then there are no tax liabilities. It doesn't have to be declared.

The problem is that your dad should be declaring his income to the benefits people. That's his problem and not yours.

ETA:

Here's more information about the rent a room scheme.

https://www.gov.uk/rent-room-in-your-home/the-rent-a-room-scheme

AdamPD

Understood and yea it's more than £7500, I'm pretty sure it's around £10,000.

barbarawright

AdamPD wrote: »

It's perfectly normal to charge a lodger extra if they have people stay over for an extended period (3 days or more is when my dad charges)
In the same way live in landlords charge more for couples, vs single people

Is it? On what basis? The guest uses some extra loo paper which I guess you might have to pay for but what other costs are there?

I'm glad it's a long time since I've been a lodger if this sort of thing is really standard practice

AdamPD

barbarawright wrote: »

Is it? On what basis? The guest uses some extra loo paper which I guess you might have to pay for but what other costs are there?

Irrelevant to the subject matter at hand.

Ames

AdamPD wrote: »

Understood and yea it's more than £7500, I'm pretty sure it's around £10,000.

Then you really need to contact the people in Red Squirrel's link earlier in the thread. This is going to get complicated, especially if you've had lodgers for a couple of years or more.

AdamPD

Ames wrote: »

Then you really need to contact the people in Red Squirrel's link earlier in the thread. This is going to get complicated, especially if you've had lodgers for a couple of years or more.

Yup, since 2012

barbarawright

AdamPD wrote: »

It's perfectly normal to charge a lodger extra if they have people stay over for an extended period (3 days or more is when my dad charges)
In the same way live in landlords charge more for couples, vs single people

Is it? On what basis? The guest uses some extra loo paper which I guess you might have to pay for but what other costs are there?

I'm glad it's a long time since I've been a lodger if this sort of thing is really standard practice

AdamPD

barbarawright wrote: »

Is it? On what basis? The guest uses some extra loo paper which I guess you might have to pay for but what other costs are there?

I'm glad it's a long time since I've been a lodger if this sort of thing is really standard practice

You've already replied with this and it's irrelevant to the subject at hand, nor any of your concern what is charged and why.

Ames

AdamPD wrote: »

Yup, since 2012

I think you're going to need help unpicking it all. It might be worth posting on the tax board on here to get help. Although since even you don't know how much the lodger has been paying it's going to be difficult.

Are you sure it's about ten grand a year? That's nearly £200 a week which seems high for a room in someone else's house.

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