Clive Smaldon

Not HMRC, if your work pension scheme takes in to account the pension payments before calculating PAYE then they shouldnt be on SA at all (relief already at source at highest rate as not included in taxable pay). If payments were taken after tax calculated then its the gross amount for SA, also grossed up amount of payments to any scheme outside of employer. If a higher rate payer then yes probably worth doing as higher rate relief available...can go back 4 years, involves amending the SA's for each year, you could try a letter detailing the errors to HMRC in first instance.

Not HMRC...whiechever works out to your advantage...if you are paying an agent your total expenses will likely be more than £1000. You should be including the GROSS rent, and then claiming the management as professional costs and maintenance costs as maintenance/repairs as shown on the letting statements, together with anything you pay for directly, like any property insurance ot other small repairs etc...you shouldnt include the net and then deduct £1000 if total expenses between you and the agents are more than £1000.

Doing a claim for up to 4 years at once is when someone is dealt with purely via PAYE and hasnt made a claim before, and submits separate forms to claim as not under SA. You can amend 4 years SA returns...but maybe not online, speak to HMRC.

Not HMRC...Kevin...because some of those years you may have been "contracted out" whereby if payments were made to an employers pension the Class 1 contributions will have been at a reduced rate...talk to NI

...that should be sales proceeds less purchase cost (wrong way round, though the figure is the same)...to confirm, no, repaying a mortgage is not a deduction from the gain because all its doing it financing the purchase price...

Not HMRC, as you have submitted under SA you need to submit amended SA's with the claim for each year within the employment pages for both years.

Not HMRC...HMRC personnel have zero input in to the calculation, its an automatic computer generated calculated based on information either via PAYE system or based on SA return...to my knowledge its not possible for a member of HMRC staff to remove the personal allowance in a calculation...also, you can only go back 4 years to make a claim, though legislation exists for extended periods IF THERE IS AN OBVIOUS ERROR by HMRC...best bet is to call them (though they may not have immediate access to those years on their system and it may involve a call back).

Not HMRC...Chicken1980, are you talking about repaying the capital? If so, no you cant deduct the cost of the capital, the gain is purchase cost less sales proceeds, how the purchase was funded isnt a factor in the calculation otherwise you would be doubling the cost to buy the property.

Sorry...meant from '76 to '06, not '70 to '00 (no idea why I changed the years, getting old) but principle remains the same...you need to check with NI if any of those years were at contracted out rates, which may account for reduced amounts paid affecting the amount payable...if not then its something else...

Not HMRC...if any of your record from 79 to 2000 was contracted out (employer pensions often contracted out so people paid lower amounts of NI as a result of contributions to company pension) they will not count as full years for the full amount of pension...you need to speak NI