Brilliant, thanks loads for the reply.
Jack
"Francis Davey" <fjmd1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Daniel Kelly (AKA Jack) wrote:
>
>
> >
> > As a PhD student I earn 12,500 UKP per year, untaxed. I do not have
to
pay
> > income tax or council tax.
> >
>
> OK. I thought that might be where the confusion was coming from. As I
> recall, most academic grants are tax-exempt, so that you do not pay
> income tax on them. You certainly *do* have to pay income tax, you and
> every other student. However your taxable income is likely to be so low
> as to take you under your personal allowance, so that your net tax bill
> is 0.
>
> However if you have income that is taxable from other sources than your
> grant which is more than the personal allowance, then that is taxable.
>
> On council tax: council tax is charged on properties not people. A
> property occupied solely by students is exempt from council tax, but
> students individually are not. If a student shares with a non-student
> the property has council tax levied on it. How the occupants divide up
> that liability is up to them.
>
> Francis Davey
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