Due to the nature of the tax system, we cannot provide information covering each eventuality within our tax guide. With tax matters, everyone is different, and not all questions listed below may appear on your return.
Where your circumstances are more complex than just standard employment and self employment, seek professional assistance to complete your return.
On this section, you can tailor your tax return to your own personal circumstances.
We’ve listed examples of how some of these sections work, however it is possible that your own circumstances are different to others, therefore for assistance, press the ‘Help’ buttons on the Government return for assistance.
This article covers the first page of questions within the Tailor Your Return section of your Tax Return.
Were you an employee (or director or office holder) or agency worker in the year to 5 April 2025?
This question relates to any employment which you may have had, where you received a payslip and were enrolled on HMRC’s PAYE (Pay as you earn) system. Anyone who has an employed job should be registered on the PAYE system, where tax and national insurance is automatically deducted as you are paid.
If you were employed during the period, you can press YES. You will need your P45 or P60 document later to input the relevant documents into your return. You’ll be asked how many employers you had during the period of the tax return, and the legal names of the companies.
Was your turnover more than £1,000 in total from all self-employments?
This is the self employment question. Turnover is income or money received before any deductions.
It is most likely that any self employed individual who is being asked to complete a return chooses YES for this question as the system will then ask you for your self employed income and expenses figures at a later stage.
When pressing YES you will be asked how many self employed businesses you had. If you only were a Slimming World consultant, choose 1 and provide a name for your business (e.g. Newtown Slimming World or Claire’s Slimming World, etc).
If you did any other self employed businesses (such as online or direct selling), you should enter these as separate entities.
Were you in a partnership?
A partnership is where you and another individual start up a business and run where you are both equal partners. This means any income or expenses may be shared equally.
For the purposes of your self employment as a Slimming World consultant you are not in a partnership, and should select NO.
Did you receive income from UK land and/or property (including income from foreign property) over £1,000?
If you rent out any property this may be an option for you. There are a lot of different circumstances for this, therefore if you do receive any rental income for any purpose, click the ‘help’ button for guidance on if you need to declare this.
If you received any foreign income, do you need to complete the foreign section?
Again this may only apply to certain individuals, and therefore click the ‘help’ button on the tax return for examples.
If you disposed of any chargeable assets, or had any chargeable gains, or you wish to claim an allowable loss, or make any other claim or election, do you need to complete the Capital Gains section?
Capital Gains tax comes in when you have assets which are disposed of. It’s unlikely as a consultant that this applies to you, however if it does, please check the guidance provided as this is a complex section.
Next Steps
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