Massive inconsistency in rent a room schema (self-assessment)

pieroabcd

HI,
I've just started to fill in the self assessment.
In 2023-2024 I've received £1945 in rent from the lodger.
Filling in the form, there's a first page saying asking if you have received income of less than £7500 (my  case) specifying in the description that in this case filling in following details like the exact amount is optional.
The problem is that if I fill in the amount in the next page, it actually adds to my taxable income and the tax is calculated incorrectly (so in my case the amount to pay is almost £900 higher).

I'd like to know what's the right way to proceed: if specifying this amount or not (relying on the help sections of the previous page).
In any case it seems really wrong that the calculator doesn't automatically consider this income as non-taxable.

Dazed_and_C0nfused

pieroabcd said:

HI,
I've just started to fill in the self assessment.
In 2023-2024 I've received £1945 in rent from the lodger.
Filling in the form, there's a first page saying asking if you have received income of less than £7500 (my  case) specifying in the description that in this case filling in following details like the exact amount is optional.
The problem is that if I fill in the amount in the next page, it actually adds to my taxable income and the tax is calculated incorrectly (so in my case the amount to pay is almost £900 higher).

I'd like to know what's the right way to proceed: if specifying this amount or not (relying on the help sections of the previous page).
In any case it seems really wrong that the calculator doesn't automatically consider this income as non-taxable.

You might want to start completing your return again as you seem to got it completely wrong.

pieroabcd

Can you elaborate on what you think that I did wrong, please?

Dazed_and_C0nfused

pieroabcd said:

Can you elaborate on what you think that I did wrong, please?

Your op indicates that you want to claim rent a room relief relief for rents of £1,945.

Later you seem to be saying that the £1,945 is being added to your taxable income.

So you either have two sources of rental income, both coincidentally £1,945.  Or, if as seems more likely the only rental income was £1,945 and you wish to claim rent a room relief against that, then you have completed the return incorrectly.

I think you can probably delete the rental income page and start that section again.

Bookworm105

if your total income from letting a room was less than £7,500 gross (ie without deducting any expenses or the allowance) then you put X in box 4 



you do not fill out any other sections of the property pages. The point being there is no tax due so HMRC do not want to spend time on processing numbers that result in zero tax payable.

this is explained in the instructions which i assume you read before you started?
Self Assessment: UK property (SA105) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

do NOT put anything in either Box 20 or Box 37 or you will mess it up again

pieroabcd said:

In any case it seems really wrong that the calculator doesn't automatically consider this income as non-taxable.

nothing wrong with it if you complete the return as per the instructions, it is auto "considered" when it is correct to do so, ie you choose the "pay tax on the excess" option. The other 2 options (<7,500 or calculate the "usual way") mean it is irrelevant.

pieroabcd

Thank you.