Hi,
I registered as sole trader near end of last year and I'm trying to put my taxes in through ROS at moment but I'm a little confused.
It was a slow start so in effect I'm at a loss of about 2000 for my first year. I did receive a PAYE income in 2007 also.
So I registered for income tax (self-employed) for ROS but when using the application I've noticed that the loss from my startup is not offsetting against the tax I would have paid on my PAYE income. The ROS application seems to ignore the loss.
Please correct me if I'm wrong. From what I've read, I thought that a loss made from self-employed income could be offset against a PAYE income which should result in less tax and therefore possible a refund of a certain amount (albeit small).
I've been trying to get my head around the fact that the ROS application appears to ignore anything other than a profit in the self-employed section which can't be right if I'm correct above.
I'm sure someone much wiser than I can help with this one.
HELLLLLLPPP
I registered as sole trader near end of last year and I'm trying to put my taxes in through ROS at moment but I'm a little confused.
It was a slow start so in effect I'm at a loss of about 2000 for my first year. I did receive a PAYE income in 2007 also.
So I registered for income tax (self-employed) for ROS but when using the application I've noticed that the loss from my startup is not offsetting against the tax I would have paid on my PAYE income. The ROS application seems to ignore the loss.
Please correct me if I'm wrong. From what I've read, I thought that a loss made from self-employed income could be offset against a PAYE income which should result in less tax and therefore possible a refund of a certain amount (albeit small).
I've been trying to get my head around the fact that the ROS application appears to ignore anything other than a profit in the self-employed section which can't be right if I'm correct above.
I'm sure someone much wiser than I can help with this one.
HELLLLLLPPP