10th October 2008, 02:50 PM
There may be a very simple way out of this for most people.
I have a friend who works in the Revenue and had to be provided free accomodation in London as there was no work in the home office of Cardiff. The only reason the London flat was free was that she still paid rent to her parents in Cardiff.
I would imagine there may be some form of loophole here if you are already paying rent somewhere as essentially you are not getting the benefit of completely free accomodation. If people knock out a direct debit to parents / friends / whatever and label it rent you may be able to get around the tax bill.
I think the tax may only apply if your sole accomodation is provided by the unit.
Worth looking into as an easy option out for the future?
Leading a crack team of archaeologists in the hunt for death or glory.
No-one's died yet and I think we lost the glory down the back of the sofa.....
I have a friend who works in the Revenue and had to be provided free accomodation in London as there was no work in the home office of Cardiff. The only reason the London flat was free was that she still paid rent to her parents in Cardiff.
I would imagine there may be some form of loophole here if you are already paying rent somewhere as essentially you are not getting the benefit of completely free accomodation. If people knock out a direct debit to parents / friends / whatever and label it rent you may be able to get around the tax bill.
I think the tax may only apply if your sole accomodation is provided by the unit.
Worth looking into as an easy option out for the future?
Leading a crack team of archaeologists in the hunt for death or glory.
No-one's died yet and I think we lost the glory down the back of the sofa.....