Hi, it is true, your partner is not able to gain from your land/property. If he/she was added to the deeds, he would only be able to be added to a certain % of it. Unless you are married, if you are married, he can indeed accept 50% and be put onto your property deeds. My partner is currently 50% on our mortgage, however he is only 9% on our deeds. This is due to the fact i was not able to give him a gift of any more than 9% of the value of the property, think it was something like 27k or less or something like that. If he does go on it, he will be liable for tax. I did this when i bought the council out. I do remember asking if my partner could go on when i was with the council and they would not accept it then. So i had to buy them out to have him on the property. I don't know exactly if this is deffo true as alot of info u get from the council can change from one person u deal with to the next. But i was going to buy them out anyhow, so just went ahead with this option. When you then marry your partner, he will automatically be entitled to 50% of the property and you can change the deeds to show this also.