Airbnb UK tax electric and gas as expenses

[Damien438]

Hi There

I'm thinking of hosting two spare rooms in my house on airbnb.  I'll be living in the house.

When it comes to filling out a tax return how much can I put down for Gas and Electricity?

Can I expense my gas and electric bills for the entire year?  Even if I only rented out the room for 100 nights?

thanks

[Mike-And-Jane0]

@Damien438 you need to do a detailed search on the gov.uk website for tax manuals or hire an accountant. I very much doubt you can expense all the bills let alone for the whole year.

Also does the rent a room scheme apply to people renting 2 rooms -again gov.uk will tell you.

[Helen3 · Accepted solution]

Have you looked up the gov rent a room scheme @Damien438 

if not start there . This maybe a better set up. 

If not - look on the HMRC website for a list of allowance expenses 

of course you can't claim your whole house gas and electric bill. It's a proportional allowance for the two rooms x number of days.