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Transfer of deed and Form 17

Dear all, 
   I need some advice.
  I am a landlord renting out a 3 bed house in Surrey. I am on high tax bracket ( work for NHS ) thus last year I completed a "transfer of deed " with monetary difference of 100% / 0%, with my wife getting 100% of the income. My wife is on a low tax bracket thus thought this might help us with the taxes. 
My question is, then I was told I need not complete From 17 as the property was solely in my name ( and was Not a joint property ) but all financial (100%) incentives go to my wife . Now I've called HMRC as am completing self assessment for 2019-2020 and they tell me I should have filled Form 17 form then. Is this correct ? 
  Please advise. 
  I thought Form 17 was only for joint properties. 
  Kind regards,
  MA

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