Priestly pad

A local church runs a very successful youth group and employs a part-time youth leader who lives in a flat owned by the church. I have always taken the view that the youth leader should be exempted from any tax charge on the accommodation under the rules for ministers of religion.

As it happens like most of his predecessors the leader is in fact studying to become a priest.

Is my thinking correct here and do readers have any thoughts about this approach? I am starting to worry that a tax charge is accruing.

Query 17 837 – Cleric

Reply from Hodgy

This youth worker who is also in training to be a priest/vicar/minister depending on the denomination of the church has the use of a house and no benefit in kind has been...