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...

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...

Making a Claim What to do if you cannot claim When trying to check my status or eligibility, a response of invalid or taxpayer not found is given Making a Claim Marriage Allowance lets you transfer £1,060 of your personal allowance to your spouse or civil partner, in order to reduce the amount...

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...

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...

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...

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...

If you're completing a partnership return, you can import the data into the SA104 pages in the individual return by following these steps: Open up the individual return. Go to the Partnerships page: SimpleStep Mode: Your Work >...

Employment income is entered in box 1 on the Employment pages. Don't enter any foreign tax in box 2. How you enter foreign tax depends on whether or not you want to claim tax credit relief. Without tax credit relief SimpleStep Mode​ Go to Your work > Work abroad Enter the total...