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@VioletBrown99 Thanks for letting me know, Violet. Very much appreciated.

@harper_author I just read the Maids of Biddenden on Kindle Unlimited. Thoroughly enjoyed this enthralling story of conjoined twins in the 12th century.❤️

@waterstonesrose I respect your commercial decision on whether to stock the book or not, but I don’t think you should give customers misleading information to put them off buying it.

@waterstonesrose A reader called your store to see if you had “Arden” in stock. You said no, and that the book was print on demand and would take 1-2 months to be delivered. The book is printed by Clays, and in stock at Gardners who can deliver a copy to your store in 24 hours.

@nickmasondrums How the four of you chose the tracks on your greatest hits album.

Incredibly, it's now 20 years ago today that the first edition of Nick Mason's book Inside Out: A Personal History Of Pink Floyd was published. What was your favourite anecdote from his recollections?

‘Arden: The Astonishing Untold Story of Shakespeare’s first play’ is launched today. It sheds new light on the murder of Faversham mayor Thomas Arden by his wife, Alice, in 1551, and reveals why Shakespeare’s first-ever play, written about this murder, was published anonymously.

@BabsVan What I find odd about this thread is that lots of people proudly state they only read women authors and that seems to be okay, but a man saying he only reads male authors is not okay and should be vilified.

@rachkmc What’s a comp title?

hey #amwriting #amquerying community if i charged 5.00 and held an hour long zoom on the secret to successful comp titles, would you find this helpful? comps are my love language ( and the love language of many agents) there would of COURSE be an open question period

@janedavisauthor I think you should tweet that there is no truth in the rumour that Taylor Swift is the real author of ‘Small Eden’.

'The formula to a bestselling book is a mystery publishers have wrestled with for centuries. Now they may finally have their answer: encourage Taylor Swift fans to believe she may have written it.' #BookTwitter #booklovers buff.ly/3nPPmAO

@HMRCcustomers So why won’t the website include these losses in my tax calculation?

@harper_author Thanks for waiting. If you are a cash basis user, trade losses can only by carried forward and used against future profits of the same trade. If you use the traditional method of accounting, please see the following guidance: ow.ly/k2KG30svgyM. Nancy

Apologies for the recent technical issues, which have now been fixed - our advisers are now able to answer your queries as normal

@HMRCcustomers In HMRC Guidance Notes, HS227 Losses (2023) says '4.1 Loss set-off against income or income and capital gains. You may use the loss against your income of 2022 to 2023 or 2021 to 2022 or both years in any priority. '

@HMRCcustomers Thanks for this. I am a cash user but don’t want to carry over my losses, I want to offset them against income in the same tax year, but the loss figures don’t transpose to my tax calculation.

@HMRCcustomers Thanks for your help, looking forward to your update next week.

@harper_author I need to check on this to see if that can be done, we'll get back to you, though it will be next week. Steve

@HMRCcustomers I’ve always understood that Trading losses made in the current tax year can be offset against other taxable income (such as pension earnings or bank interest) in the current or preceding tax year.  Relief is obtained by the total of the loss being deducted from my taxable income.

@HMRCcustomers Hi Steve, It’s a loss in this tax year, which I want to offset against my tax paid in this tax year rather than carry it forward.

@harper_author Is this a loss brought forward from previous years, or is it one to be carried forward to following years? Steve

@HMRCcustomers Tried that. Deleted and re-entered everything again. The loss number from my business still didn’t transpose to the calculation.

@harper_author Have you tried deleting the publishing business section and re entering the details? Rob

@HMRCcustomers No error messages. The numbers from rental income, pension and interest on savings are transposed, but not the numbers from my publishing business (turnover and expenses).

@HMRCcustomers Here they are. Thanks for your help.

@HMRCcustomers Yes, that’s all filled in correctly but it’s not being included in the calculation. I fill in Business Income £X, Total Allowable Expenses £Y, the form then calculates ‘Total taxable profits or net business loss’ as £X-Y, but £X-Y number is not included in tax calculation.

@harper_author There is a box where you can record net losses if your expenses exceeded your business income. Amandine

@HMRCcustomers Thanks! I’m doing my 2022/3 tax return and the HMRC tax calculation includes income/profits but not self-employed losses. How do I fix this?

@harper_author Hi, I am sorry, we expect to be very busy for the next few days and waiting times are longer than usual. Which department are you trying to contact? Is there anything in general I can help you with? Amandine