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Question 2

Marie started trading as a hairdresseron 1 January 2016. He makes up accounts to 30 Julyeach year. The profits were calculated as:

Period to 31 July 2016                        £18,000

Year to 31 July 2017                           £40,000

Year to 31 July 2018                           £47,500

Year to 31 July 2019                           £48,000                                                          

1. In which tax year did she start trading?
2. Calculate her taxable profits in his first tax year of trading and state the basis period.
3. Calculate her taxable profits in his second tax year of trading and state the basis period.
4. Calculate her taxable profits in his third tax year of trading and state the basis period.                                                                                            
5. Calculate her overlap profits and explain what relief, if any, is available for them.                                                                                                               
6. Describe threeof the ‘badges of trade’ that HMRC will use to determine whether an activity should be classed as trading.                                                                                                                                                                                      

Answer 1

A Tax Year is the year counted from January 1 to December 31, and a person is filled income tax returns by April 15. there may be different deadlines for filling tax returns.

- Trading is start in the tax year is 2015/2016 that is July 1, 2015 to January 1, 2016

- Taxable profit will be 18,000 and the tax year is counted as 2016/2017 and the base period is from July 1, 2016 to 30, June 2017

-Taxable profit will be 40,000 and the tax year is counted as 2017/2108 and the base period is from July 1, 2017 to 30, June 2018

-Taxable profit will be 47,500 and the tax year is counted as 2018/2019 and the base period is from July 1, 2018 to 30, June 2019

Overlap profit is that profit in which person working as self employed and selected an accounting period that is not matched with the HMRC bases.

Normally, the tax year is the year which is 6 April to 5 April each year

Relief

-HMRC must be notified of changes in the tax return

-First account month must be more than 18 months

-Changes cannot be made to take tax advantages but only for the valid reason