Home Office Expenses - Not My House?

[ocs]

I have searched the web but can't find an answer that matches my circumstances.

I live with my partner and she has a spare room that I was planning on using as a home office.

She previously let the room under the rent a room scheme and could earn up to £4250 tax free but this scheme would not apply I rented the room through my limited company.

How can I legitimatly rent the room without adding a tax liability to my partner?

[TheCyclingProgrammer]

Assuming you actually do some work from home, then rent the room personally (she can use the RAR scheme then) and claim £4/week in expenses from YourCo for use of home.

[TykeMerc]

You want to rent yourself the spareroom at the property where you live and use the rent a room allowance? You don't have another address?

The reason your search didn't turn anything up is because I don't think there's a legitimate way to do what you want.

[Scruff]

Go to jail directly. Do not pass "begin". Do not collect £200 on your way. Free advice, yet again.

[ocs]

You want to rent yourself the spareroom at the property where you live and use the rent a room allowance? You don't have another address?

The reason your search didn't turn anything up is because I don't think there's a legitimate way to do what you want.

Hi. I live in the house but I don't own the house. The house belongs to my partner. I know we can't use the RAR scheme but it is a hard sell to ask her to give up the rent she gets from students (circa £2k pa) in return for £216

And yes Scruff, I am after free advice :-) is that not permitted on the forum?

[northernladuk]

Hi. I live in the house but I don't own the house. The house belongs to my partner. I know we can't use the RAR scheme but it is a hard sell to ask her to give up the rent she gets from students (circa £2k pa) in return for £216

Well you have your answer and a clear way forward.

[TheCyclingProgrammer]

I completely misunderstood what OP meant. I thought they didn't already live there. So ignore what I said, what everyone else said instead.

[JRCT]

... and claim £4/week in expenses from YourCo for use of home.

... it is a hard sell to ask her to give up the rent she gets from students in return for £216

Hmm. 54 weeks in a year?

[borderreiver]

Hmm. 54 weeks in a year?

I seem to remember reading that you can claim either £18/month or £4/week. I think that's where the figure comes from.