Is your lodger's rent tax free?
The Rent a Room scheme makes up to £7,500 a year from a lodger in your own home tax free. Over the limit, there is a choice to make, and most people make it wrong. Check yours in seconds.
Everything they pay you, including anything for meals, cleaning or laundry.
The lodger's share of bills, insurance, wear and tear. Only used if the normal method beats Rent a Room.
Over the limit, HMRC lets you pick the smaller taxable amount every single year, but you have to know the choice exists. Lekhio watches your lodger income alongside everything else you earn, makes the election arithmetic automatic, and Rakha nudges you when the answer flips.
Let Lekhio make the call →A general estimate. Rent a Room applies to furnished lettings in the home you live in; the £7,500 halves if the rent is shared with someone else. It is not tax advice. Lekhio prepares your figures and you always approve them.