When you receive a 1046 error message in TaxCalc (as shown above) after attempting to file tax return, it will be due to one of the following: HMRC do not recognise the filing credentials ( government gateway account user ID and password) which are entered in TaxCalc prior to the submission...

On 1st April 2015, HMRC updated their system to change the way they allocate repayments of overpaid tax. HMRC will only process the refund using the details entered in HMRC Forms: SA100 Core Return > Page 6 > boxes 4-14 SimpleStep: Other information > Bank Details If there had...

Personal Tax How to pay HMRC – Different ways to pay your Income Tax or Capital Gains Tax Online Services Helpdesk – Help signing up for online services or submission issues Tel: 0300 200 3600 (+44 161 930 8445 international) Registering for Self-Assessment – How and when you need to...

Carrying back company trading losses A company incurring a trading loss in an accounting period can make a claim to offset the loss against total profits of the previous 12 months after first having set the losses against any profits of the accounting period in which the loss occurred. The amount...

If, after making a successful submission, you need to make changes and file an amended return. Please see the video tutorial for a walk through of the process. Alternatively, please follow these written steps: Make your corrections. Click on Check & Finish. Check and review your...

If you are completing a return for someone who has died, there are two alternative methods of completion depending on the actions that have been completed in communicating with HMRC. If you have advised HMRC of the death of the deceased and informed them that you will be acting as a personal...

This article will complete an example scenario to best explain the process and entries required for the method of declaring redundancy and severance payments. In this scenario, the overall payment received as per the P60/P45 is £100,000, of which £75,000 is relating to redundancy. SimpleStep...

You need to take certain things into account when completing the return, for example, the qualifying amounts that you can deduct from total care receipts. Deductions from total care receipts (2026) include: £19,690 per household. a weekly amount for each cared for child or adult £415...

If you’re a close company that’s previously paid tax on a loan to a participator, you may be able to reclaim that tax. Once the loan has been repaid, released or written off partially or in full, usually the tax can be either offset against current corporation tax liabilities or repaid...

When inputting any foreign income received on the tax return, this needs to be converted to the sterling equivalent (GBP) in order to declare the income correctly to HMRC. Historically, HMRC provided a centralised webpage containing the required monthly, average and spot currency exchange rates as...

In some cases when you have a query, the TaxCalc support team may need to look at the entries on your return. You can send the return by following these steps: Open the tax return. Click on Help in the top menu. Click on Send Return to TaxCalc. Complete your details for Your name, Your...

Please select from below: Income Tax National Insurance Contributions Working and Child Tax Credits Child Benefit and Guardian's Allowance Tax Free Savings Account Fuel Benefit Charge Van Benefit Charge VAT Capital Allowances Corporation Tax Authorised Mileage Rates Pension Contributions...

The TaxCalc import process currently only permits data to be imported from the previous tax year. For example, TaxCalc 2026 will only be able to import a 2025 tax return file. If for example, you didn't need to purchase TaxCalc 2025 but you do have a prior year file such as TaxCalc 2024, the...

To assist you with complying with digital links for MTD reporting, we have produced spreadsheet templates for recording transactions and summarising totals. The totals can then be imported by VAT Filer (for quarterly MTD VAT return submissions) and by MTD Quarterly Filer (for quarterly MTD for...

The treatment of dividend income received and where this information should be declared on the corporation tax return will depend on whether certain criteria is met (as laid out in the legislation here) which confirms some dividends/distributions are chargeable to corporation tax whilst others are...