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@Dooks-Fatberg
I'm PAYE but have filled in SA's the last four years for a steadily declining stream of side-income from music royalties. It used to be a few grand but these days it's in the hundreds. It's really hardly worth doing and I had last year's late fine refunded on the basis that the bit of cash generated is the side-effect of a hobby which is always more-than offset by the cost.
Total additional earned this year was c.£500. I also bought a new laptop on which I make said music, so put that in as my one and only expense at £1,800 so net loss of £1,300. I was expecting HMRC to either accept that and give me a modest rebate - or worst case - pay a % of the £500 in additional tax. Total risk in the region of a couple of hundred quid I thought.
For some reason the calculation kept spitting out that I owed them £1,180. I went back and tweaked my income every which way; made a profit, made a loss, declared no additional income or expenses and every time I re-calculated it kept saying I owed them £1,180.
I started getting sweaty and called them up. Waiting on hold whilst re-running the calcs for the umpteenth time and it suddenly changed to me owing them £28. Fuck it. I'll take that to not have to deal with this shit any more. Hung up and submitted. *shrugs