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How do I check my taxable state benefits in EasyTaxer?

HMRC adds the taxable state benefits it knows about to your tax return, and you must check them. On Income → Benefits you can correct or ignore HMRC's figures, and add a benefit HMRC doesn't have, once the tax year has ended.

Where to find it in EasyTaxer: Income → Benefits

A still from the video: a dark green title slide labelled MTD for Income Tax, Income, listing two numbered steps, HMRC adds them and You check them, with the EasyTaxer logo in the corner, under the title Taxable state benefits.

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Step by step

  1. Open Income → Benefits and pick the tax year.
  2. Under From HMRC, check each benefit: correct its amounts, or ignore it to leave it out of your return (unignore puts it back).
  3. Under Benefits you added, select Add benefit for one HMRC doesn't have, and enter its dates and amounts.
  4. Changes are accepted once the tax year has ended.

Steps: the text version of this video

  1. The short answer

    HMRC adds the taxable state benefits it knows about to your tax return, such as the State Pension, and you must check them before you submit. Any that HMRC doesn't know about, you add yourself. In EasyTaxer, that's Income, then Benefits.

  2. HMRC's figures

    Under From HMRC, you see the benefits HMRC already holds. You can't delete them, but you can correct the amounts, or ignore one to leave it out of your return, and unignore it to put it back.

  3. Adding a benefit

    If HMRC doesn't have one, select Add benefit, choose the benefit type, and enter its dates and amounts. You can change a benefit you've added later, or delete it.

  4. When

    HMRC only accepts these changes once the tax year has ended. For 2026 to 2027, that's after 5 April 2027, and until then the page tells you so.

  5. EasyTaxer is recognised by HMRC for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax. You'll find it at easytaxer.com.

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