Rent a Room Scheme when the 'lodger' is a partner?

bye_bye_band_G

sevenhills wrote: »

Have we got the issues mixed up?


If you(parents) own the house, are HMRC asking if they(daughter) pays rent?

No the letter is addressed to our daughter, at our address, (because that's their last known address for her, she's not told them she's moved out) and it says "We hold information relating to landlords and we have reason to believe that you receive or have previously received rents from the letting of property. We are unable to find any record that this income has been notified to HMRC for taxation purposes".

00ec25

bye_bye_band_G wrote: »

No the letter is addressed to our daughter, at our address, (because that's their last known address for her, she's not told them she's moved out) and it says "We hold information relating to landlords and we have reason to believe that you receive or have previously received rents from the letting of property. We are unable to find any record that this income has been notified to HMRC for taxation purposes".

your daughter may find this an "amusing" read if ever required to explain her single household status:
(please try to ignore that we as taxpayers are now called :mad: "customers" in this PC world we live in)

https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/claimant-compliance-manual/ccm15040

https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/claimant-compliance-manual/ccm15080

https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/claimant-compliance-manual/ccm15075

bear in mind HMRC can get a "bit" intrusive if they get annoyed:
https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/claimant-compliance-manual/ccm15110
and "having" s - e - x is no longer a factor
https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/claimant-compliance-manual/ccm15120

and in the context of the £300 this is rather relevant

https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/claimant-compliance-manual/ccm15090

duchy

My first thought was is the boyfriend claiming something as a lodger when they are in reality cohabiting .

Wicked_Lady

It sounds as though she needs to tell HMRC of her change of address as this is what has caused the query.

Why would she need to keep her parents home address if she owns another property?

bye_bye_band_G

"Why would she need to keep her parents home address if she owns another property"

She doesn't need to, obviously, but like many busy young women, telling HMRC she doesn't live with her parents any more has never come in the top 100 things she's going to spend her spare time doing. She picks up any letters when she comes round. I'd like to hazard a guess she's not unusual in doing this!
She'll change it now it appears it may be causing a problem.

"My first thought was is the boyfriend claiming something as a lodger when they are in reality cohabiting ."

I'm not sure what you mean by this, I think my original post covers the situation, there's no deception going on at all.