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E1.705 Qualifying care partial relief—the alternative calculation of profits

Personal and employment tax

Where qualifying care receipts exceed an individual's limit (see E1.703), there is a choice. The income will be taxed as either trading or miscellaneous income by default, depending on its character. But election can be made to be taxed using the 'alternative method' which, like rent-a-room, permits deduction of the individual's limit in lieu of actual expenses.

The alternative method of calculating profits applies if:

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    (a)ÌýÌýÌýÌý an individual qualifies for qualifying care relief for a tax year

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    (b)ÌýÌýÌýÌý the individual's total qualifying care receipts for the tax year

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