Set off Against other income You can offset losses against a profit to reduce tax paid. To do this enter the loss amount (which must not be greater than other profit) in the loss schedule in the following places: SimpleStep Your work > Self Employment > Full Form - Details > Losses...

In certain scenarios, as detailed in our article for When do I make payments on account? HMRC expect taxpayers to contribute Payments on Account towards the overall liability via payments being made in advance on 31st January and 31st July. In order to declare any payments made on your returns,...

If you receive a status from HMRC of Delayed Response when attempting to file online, this usually means that HMRC's processing systems are very busy. This won't affect the submission of the return itself but it does mean that the Submission Finished message won't be as prompt as usual. When...

This article shows you how to add dividend payments to your tax return If you have imported your previous year’s return into the current year, click on Refresh to update all the payments made in the current tax year. If you have no changes to your holdings they should now all be up to date. ...

You don't usually have to declare foreign earnings that aren't taxable in the UK on the tax return, however if you do want to declare these earnings please follow the instructions below. SimpleStep mode Go to Residence and remittance > Dual Residence. Complete the wizard for the relevant...

When should I use the annual pension allowance wizard? If your total pension contributions are close to exceeding your annual pension allowance and/or your pension allowance is likely to be tapered, you can use the wizard to: Calculate excess contributions and possible pension tax charge Keep...

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 an Individual user? The...

HMRC have confirmed that an individual can claim the property allowance for one property and rent a room relief for another. If rent a room income is below £7,500*, this is very straightforward. In HMRC Forms mode, on page UKP1, tick box 4 (If you are claiming rent a room relief and your rents...

When should I use the annual pension allowance wizard? If your total pension contributions are close to exceeding your annual pension allowance and/or your pension allowance is likely to be tapered, you can use the wizard to: Calculate excess contributions and possible pension tax charge Keep...

Duplicate property pages may be created if you've imported a return from last year and: you used the joint import to import income from another individual tax return which contains income from the same property. ​you have manually entered details with the same property name. You can...

HMRC has provided a method of sending 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. This allows TaxCalc to request information held by HMRC...

Basis Period Entries in TaxCalc (transitional year 2023/24) This article explains the entries to make for the 2023/24 transitional year. HMRC's business manual explains the rules, if you need to familiarise yourself before starting your entries in TaxCalc. You can either enter the adjustments...

You can easily print your tax return to a printer or PDF. Please see the below video tutorial for more information. Alternatively, please see the written instructions below: Open the tax return. Click on Check and Finish. Click on Print. Click on Next Step in the HMRC warning message (if...

Changes to Class 2 NIC thresholds For tax years 2022/23 and 2023/24, you needed to pay Class 2 NIC if your profits were above the Lower Profits Limit. For 2025/26 onwards, if your profits are above the Small Profits Threshold (£6,845) Class 2 contributions are treated as having been paid to...