To declare interest received from payment protection insurance (PPI), go to the Any Other UK interest section of the tax return. SimpleStep mode Go to Other income > Savings and investments > Any other UK interest. Enter the relevant information in the boxes. HMRC Forms mode Go to...

When using TaxCalc's Individual, Partnership and Limited Company range of products, all returns that you create are stored on your local machine as return files. The files will be named with the following extensions: Individual – .tcsXX (where XX is the relevant tax year – for example...

Follow these steps to input trading and property income on a CT600 form: Enter the figure for Profit/(loss) on ordinary activities before taxation – this is the total of trading profit/(loss) and property profit/(loss). Enter Disallowable expenditure (Depreciation). Go to Tax adjusted...

If your accounts cover a period of over 12 months, you'll need to complete the CT600 for two periods, as follows: Prepare the accounts for the full period and generate an XBRL version. Apportion the profit/loss into a 12-month period and the remaining days – using days meets the HMRC...

You can enter chargeable event and life insurance gains in SimpleStep or HMRC Forms mode. SimpleStep mode Select Other Income from the left-hand menu. Go to Savings and Investments. Tick the box Taxable sums from a UK life insurance policy (chargeable events). Click on Next step. Enter the...

You can reduce Class 4 NIC liability so that the excess earnings are charged at 2% if one of the following is true: You pay Class 1 NIC on employment income. You pay Class 2 NIC at the weekly flat rate. The amount of Class 4 NIC chargeable at 9% would exceed the limiting amount. To reduce...

What are APIs? HMRC have provided a method of obtaining information relevant to the completion of a Tax Return called Application Program Interfaces or APIs. This is the first part of their overall Digital transformation project known as Making Tax Digital. Not a practice? The following...

Class 4 NIC exemption is automatically applied where it is relevant to the taxpayer reaching state pension age before the start of the tax year. If you need to claim this manually for any other reason, you should tick the box Are you exempt from paying Class 4 National Insurance… in one of the...

HMRC places restrictions on when you can file an amended CT600 return online: You can only file an amended return within 12 months of the filing date. In the case of a return for the wrong period, you can only file within 12 months of what would be the filing date if the period for which you...

You can enter Child Benefit payments in SimpleStep or HMRC Forms mode. SimpleStep mode Click on working out your tax. Click on Child Benefit Tax charge. Your net income will automatically appear from information already entered on the form. Click yes, no or both equal to the...