Stdents and council tax

[Jessy pie]

My son is 21 and is taking a post-grad course at UCLAN in Preston. Its a part time course. He rents a room in a house with 3 other people who are full tme therefore are exempt from council tax. Therefore he is paying council tax on his own. he does get a reduction but surely his landlord should be paying it instead?

[ummmm]

Why should his landlord pay it? He didn't make the rules....

[Buenchico]

If each person has a SEPARATE rental agreement with the landlord then the property is probably regarded by the local council as a 'House in Multiple Occupation' (HMO), in which case the landlord will be responsible for paying the Council Tax.

However if the four tenants have a COLLECTIVE rental agreement with the landlord, your son is responsible for paying the tax.

See this question from last week:
http://www.theanswerb...l/Question935773.html

Chris

[Jessy pie]

To ummm, The landlord should pay because he owns the property

[mike11111]

With the greatest of respect to Jessie Pie, her answer is total "cojones". If the responsibility for paying council tax rested solely upon the property owner, then no-one living in a council house would ever have to pay it.

[Buenchico]

A good point, Mike. (I'm slightly p!ssed off here because JP has posted a response to someone who only offered a comment while completely failing to acknowledge the fact that I'd bothered to provide an accurate answer to her question!).

[mike11111]

Unfortunately that is rather tending twards the norm these days. Lack of courtesy and gratitude sometimes really makes you want to give up.