Rent

[freakydancer]

what does your brolly say ?

brolly says no.

[Sockpuppet]

Do what I do, get your client to pay the rent for you!

Which may see you being a pointer to IR35. Definatly better to pay for it yourself and invoice for it.

[LisaContractorUmbrella]

As a couple of the guys here have said - whether or not you can claim rental depends on your situation. If you normally live in Scotland, have a house there, pay the mortgage etc etc but take up a contract in London and decide to rent rather than stay in a hotel you can claim for the cost of the rent. If, however, you give up one rented residence for another there has been no additional cost to you and therefore the cost cannot be claimed as an expense

[Euro-commuter]

As a couple of the guys here have said - whether or not you can claim rental depends on your situation. If you normally live in Scotland, have a house there, pay the mortgage etc etc but take up a contract in London and decide to rent rather than stay in a hotel you can claim for the cost of the rent. If, however, you give up one rented residence for another there has been no additional cost to you and therefore the cost cannot be claimed as an expense

Is it not true that, even if you maintain your original residence, if the flat that you rent is available to you on weekends then that availability is a benefit, even if you do not use it?

[floatsy]

As a couple of the guys here have said - whether or not you can claim rental depends on your situation. If you normally live in Scotland, have a house there, pay the mortgage etc etc but take up a contract in London and decide to rent rather than stay in a hotel you can claim for the cost of the rent. If, however, you give up one rented residence for another there has been no additional cost to you and therefore the cost cannot be claimed as an expense

Thanks, Lisa. Good answer. So just out of curiousity, for someone from overseas, like US/Oz etc, would this be the same logic applied?

Cheers.

[floatsy]

Do what I do, get your client to pay the rent for you!

On 700 pounds and accomodation paid for -- some people have it all

[scooterscot]

Which may see you being a pointer to IR35. Definatly better to pay for it yourself and invoice for it.

I'm feeling ballsy, besides it's cheaper than paying for a hotel and keeps down unnecessary paper work. Mondey not spent on the hotel is more money for the tax man, I'm doing them a favour.

[TheFaQQer]

Is it not true that, even if you maintain your original residence, if the flat that you rent is available to you on weekends then that availability is a benefit, even if you do not use it?

My accountant said not, providing you can argue that there is a benefit to the business for having it available at weekends. For example, if I can rent a flat for £850 a month (and it's available at weekends), then there is a clear business benefit over paying £75 a night for a hotel, four nights a week.

Just don't use it for personal use though!

[scooterscot]

My accountant said not, providing you can argue that there is a benefit to the business for having it available at weekends. For example, if I can rent a flat for £850 a month (and it's available at weekends), then there is a clear business benefit over paying £75 a night for a hotel, four nights a week.

Just don't use it for personal use though!

I got the same beef from my accountant. You're making more money for the tax man this way ergo everyone is happy.

[ASB]

Is it not true that, even if you maintain your original residence, if the flat that you rent is available to you on weekends then that availability is a benefit, even if you do not use it?

No it's not. But if you do use it a weekends then it is a benefit and should be declared as such.

What I did was to put down 5% of the rental as a bik to cover odd usage. Hector was a happy bunny.