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A very basic self assesment question

Hi all

Please help. I have a tax return due tomorrow. I did a small amount of self-employed work year 2012-2013 but also had four jobs and paid student loans. Unfortunately I only got to log in online a couple of weeks ago and find I had to declare employed as well as self-employed earnings.

The very simple question is: when listing my gross income in each job do I list the figure that says 'gross' or 'gross taxable'. This makes the difference between HMRC owing me and me owing them. The non-taxable bits would be petrol and pension I'm guessing but the figure doesn't say exactly what it was for.

Thanks hopefully
Saving for a deposit. £5440 of £11000 saved so far:j

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  • purdyoaten
    purdyoaten Posts: 1,159 Forumite
    Gross taxable - what appears as the gross pay on the P60.
    There are 10 types of people in the world - those who understand binary and those who do not. :doh:
  • Thanks very much. I have made life a lot more complicated by taking too long to register, meaning I had to do the return from final payslips, rather than p60s. I have marked them as estimates so hope this works. I am also apparently owed just under £200! I feel a detailed audit of my return coming on :(
    Saving for a deposit. £5440 of £11000 saved so far:j
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