Unfurnished lettings (2020 and later)

Use this form to enter details about income from unfurnished lettings.

See Land and property summary for information on profit and loss allocation

This section includes the following tabs. Click on a heading to find out more about the boxes on each tab.

Option Description
Property reference Enter a property reference.
Address Enter the full address of the letting. The first line of the address appears as the name of the item on the Annual Data Navigator. This is a required field.
Postcode The postcode of the letting.
Number of properties This box will default to showing 1; change the value as required.
Date letting commenced Enter when the letting of the property began if known.
Date letting ceased Enter when the letting of the property ceased.
All property income has ceased Select this check box if income from ALL sources of property has ceased in the tax year and no source of property income will commence in the subsequent tax year.
Property let jointly

Select this check box if the client shares the letting income with another person e.g. their spouse.

Only enter details of the client's own share of income and expenses for the property.

Note: When this box is selected the spouse's corresponding details are not updated.
Gross rent received Enter the gross amount of income from the property (properties) for the period.
Expenses

Shows the total entered as expenses on the Expenses / adjustments tab.

Note: Only appears when Claim property allowance is unticked.
Adjustments

Shows the net adjustment, based on the amounts entered as adjustments on the Expenses / adjustments tab.

Note: Only appears when Claim property allowance is unticked.
Balancing charges

Shows the Balancing charges and Business Premises Renovation Charges entered at Adjustments on the Expenses / adjustments tab. This figure is amendable.

Note: Only appears when Claim property allowance is ticked.
Property allowance

Calculates the Property allowance as the lower of £1,000 and the receipts from the property (Gross rent received + Balancing charges). This figure is amendable, to allow you to claim a lower property allowance (for example, where part of the allowance is being used against another property).

Note: Only appears when Claim property allowance is ticked.
Disallowed finance costs

Shows the amount of restricted residential finance costs, entered as expenses on the Expenses/adjustments tab, which are not allowable as a deduction in arriving at Adjusted profit for the year or Adjusted loss for the year, but which may be allowable as a basic rate tax deduction.

Note: Disabled when Claim property allowance is ticked.

Adjusted profit for the year

Adjusted loss for the year

This is automatically calculated.

 
Tax taken off

Enter the total amount of tax deducted from rent received from the letting during the year.
Claim property allowance Select if you wish to claim property allowance rather than claiming expenses.

Enter the details of any expenses or adjustments that have occurred during the currently selected accounting period, which is displayed in the For drop-down list. A new accounting period is automatically created when you roll forward the tax year for the client. The new accounting period will be 12 months long and contiguous with the previous accounting period. If a cessation date has been entered, then the accounting period will end on that date.

The details that you enter specifically relate to the accounting period, not to the currently selected tax year.

Note: Expenses are entered for the currently selected accounting period in the For box and are then apportioned to the tax year. Income from let property on the Main details page is entered for the tax year.

Option Description
Display

Select Expenses or Adjustments from this drop-down list. This changes the options that are displayed in the Description column of the grid. There are 8 different Expense options and 13 different Adjustment options:

  • Rents, rates, insurance, etc.
  • Repairs and maintenance
  • Legal and professional costs
  • Costs of services provided
  • Other expenses
  • Restricted residential finance costs (see Note 1)
  • Other finance charges
  • Business travel costs
  • Private use
  • Balancing charges
  • Capital allowances
  • Business Premises Renovation Allowances (see Note 2)
  • Business Premises Renovation Charges
  • Enhanced 100% capital allowances
  • Annual Investment Allowance (see Note 3)
  • Zero-emission goods vehicle allowance
  • Costs of replacing domestic items
  • Structures and Buildings Allowance (see Note 4)
  • Freeport Structures and Buildings Allowance (see Note 5)
  • Electric charge-point allowance
  • Zero-emission car allowance

Notes:

  1. Enter the total residential finance costs on which the restriction is to be based. The amount allowable as a basic rate tax deduction will be added back on the Main details page.
  2. Business Premises Renovation allowances are available for expenditure incurred between 11 April 2007 and 5 April 2017 inclusive.
  3. For the 2020-21 tax year, HMRC validations restrict the amount of Annual Investment Allowance (AIA) on the UK property pages to £800,000. To enable online filing, if AIA is greater than £800,000, then enter £800,000 as Annual Investment Allowance and the remainder at Capital allowances. Enter a note in Additional information to identify the amount at other capital allowances as additional AIA.
  4. If claiming Structures and Buildings Allowance for the first time, enter the date the property came into use and the amount of qualifying expenditure in Additional information.
  5. If claiming Freeport Structures and Buildings Allowance for the first time, enter the freeport, the address/location of the property, the date the property came into use, the amount of new qualifying expenditure and the date of first construction contract in Additional information.

Detailed information about these Expenses / adjustments options is given in the HMRC UK property (SA105) notes.
For Select one accounting period from the drop-down list. If there are no existing accounting periods when you open the Expenses/Adjustments page, the Add New Periods window automatically opens.
Period Setup Select to create a new accounting period or edit an existing one via the Add New Periods window.
Description The default description will mirror the expense or adjustment category. You can amend this and add additional rows if you wish.
Date You can enter the date of each expense/adjustment.
Gross Enter the gross amount of each expense/adjustment.
Tax group This is the name of the selected item's designated Tax Group, which determines where the amounts for the item will appear on the tax return.

How do I get here?

UK savings and investments > Land and property > Unfurnished lettings

The tax year that you are entering details for is shown at the top of the data entry page. If you want to change the tax year, you should select a new date from the drop-down list at the top of the navigator.

  • Auto calc - If you tick this option, the calculations will be automatically completed for you where possible. If you untick this box you will see a new tab appear called Summary.

    Note: Not all data-entry forms have an Auto calc option.

  • Estimated - Tick this box to indicate that the figures you've used are estimated. This will then show on the item in the navigator, and at the higher level folder in the navigator by showing a small e.
  • Complete - Tick this to indicate that the form is complete. A green tick will appear on the item in the navigator and at the higher level folder in the navigator.

If you want to close the page without saving any of your changes, you can click Cancel. If you were adding new details, then nothing will be saved. If you were editing an existing item then the page will close, reverting to your previously saved details.

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