# Spare Room Allowance: Pay no Tax with the Rent a Room Scheme

**URL:** <https://community.openrent.co.uk/t/spare-room-allowance-pay-no-tax-with-the-rent-a-room-scheme/17729>\
**Category:** News & Updates\
**Created:** [16 November 2020 16:30 UTC](https://community.openrent.co.uk/t/spare-room-allowance-pay-no-tax-with-the-rent-a-room-scheme/17729 "2020-11-16T16:30:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sam](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.openrent.co.uk/sam/32/6179_2.png) [@Sam](https://community.openrent.co.uk/u/Sam)\
**Post date:** [16 November 2020 16:30 UTC](https://community.openrent.co.uk/t/spare-room-allowance-pay-no-tax-with-the-rent-a-room-scheme/17729/1 "2020-11-16T16:30:10Z")

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Originally published at: [https://blog.openrent.co.uk/spare-room-allowance-pay-no-tax-with-the-rent-a-room-scheme/](https://blog.openrent.co.uk/spare-room-allowance-pay-no-tax-with-the-rent-a-room-scheme/)  
   
The Rent a Room Scheme, otherwise known as the spare room allowance, is a fantastic way to earn extra cash from your home. It boosts your bank balance, and you don’t have to pay the taxman a penny for the first £7,500 a year. That means most people won’t have to pay a penny more…

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**Author:** ![Colin3](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.openrent.co.uk/colin3/32/450_2.png) [@Colin3](https://community.openrent.co.uk/u/Colin3)\
**Post date:** [16 November 2020 17:29 UTC](https://community.openrent.co.uk/t/spare-room-allowance-pay-no-tax-with-the-rent-a-room-scheme/17729/2 "2020-11-16T17:29:39Z")

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Sam. I seem to remember that you cannot partition off your house as if it will be a flat within a house. No alteration, no seperate meters. . the house has to stay the same as it was before a lodger

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**Author:** ![Sam](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.openrent.co.uk/sam/32/6179_2.png) [@Sam](https://community.openrent.co.uk/u/Sam)\
**Post date:** [17 November 2020 16:06 UTC](https://community.openrent.co.uk/t/spare-room-allowance-pay-no-tax-with-the-rent-a-room-scheme/17729/3 "2020-11-17T16:06:20Z")

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Hi Colin, thanks for this. Yes that makes perfect sense. I suppose that would turn your home into two properties and the lodger would no longer be an excluded occupier.

Sam

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**Author:** ![system](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.openrent.co.uk/system/32/11_2.png) [@system](https://community.openrent.co.uk/u/system)\
**Post date:** [9 August 2022 12:53 UTC](https://community.openrent.co.uk/t/spare-room-allowance-pay-no-tax-with-the-rent-a-room-scheme/17729/4 "2022-08-09T12:53:40Z")

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