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- August 24, 2011 at 2:59 pm #49546
There is a question in the question bank at the end which I think the answer bank then has wrong. It’s to do with Josie’s Gift aid donation. In my working I extended the basic rate by the Gross gift aid donation, but the books answer doesn’t appear to have done that, and only considered it for adjusted net income when calculating the Personal Allowance.
Here’s the question –
Josie Selby (age 47) received the following income in 2010/11.
Josie
Salary (gross) 100,000
PAYE tax deducted 33,000
Dividends (amount received) 2,538
Bank deposit interest (amount received) 760
Building society interest (amount received) 4,200Josie made a gift aid donation of £1,600 in December 2010.
Required
Compute the tax payable by Josie Selby for 2010/11.There answer for non-savings income is then –
Non-savings income
£37,400 × 20% 7,480
£59,635 × 40% 23,854Surely there should be an extension of £2,000 to the 20% rate for the Grossed up Gift aid donation? So the non-savings income section should look like this
£37,400 x 20% = 7480
£2,000 x 20% = 400
£57,635 x 40% = 23,054Any thoughts would be most welcome.
August 29, 2011 at 5:42 pm #87299You are correct. They have forgotten to extend the basic rate band by the grossed up Gift Aid payment. The ‘Tax repayable’ figure is £192.
September 25, 2011 at 10:28 am #87300It can be frustrating when you spend ages trying to work out why you are wrong, only to conclude that there is a mistake in the text book!
I came across another of these yesterday (also in the exam question bank) – the model answer for q. 29 fails to take into account the funeral expenses when calculating Marissa’s death estate.September 28, 2011 at 8:56 pm #87301I noticed that one too. I kick myself when I check the answer and it differs, then I realise it’s their mistake and I feel relieved.
Answer I got was £72,723.
October 6, 2011 at 1:57 am #87302omg i thought i had the problem. the f7 book has a few errors as well. after beating myself up trying to figure out why i’m not getting their answers and going over the question over and over i conclude that they’re wrong. its really frustrating
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