ILR - Previous Tier 1 Earnings split in 2 tax years

Hi all,

With all these cases around previous tier 1 claimed earnings being checked by Home Office in HMRC system at the time of ILR application, I wanted to ask from senior members and people with knowledge of matter:

If the previous Tier 1 general extension application's 12 months claimed earnings falls under 2 different tax years I.e. Mar-2013 to Feb-2014 and dividends were drawn in Mar 2013 (appears in year ending Apr 2013 SA302) and Feb-2014 (appears in year ending Apr 2014 SA302), surely the dividends earning for the 12 months claimed period will not corroborate looking at the SA302 for 2013 alone or 2014 alone.

My question is how is Home Office establishisg that the claimed earnings for previous tier 1 application corroborates with SA302s?

Many Thanks,
WrS

I was wondering the same thing as well? any answers would be great!

If you can assure that claim earnings for the visa purpose is derived from two tax year and same or excess amount submitted with HMRC then it would be totally fine.
As a chartered accountant I can say that UKVI can't refuse visa due to mismatches of SA302 income and income claimed for the visa purpose until it exceeds total income claimed for the visa.

UKVI can't argue with that point since it is totally complied with HMRC rules.

Thanks neethu you are most helpful!

Hi all,

It still baffles me how UKVI is assessing the claimed earnings against the SA302s if the claimed earnings are split in 2 tax years. Is there anyone on the forum who had claimed dividends for there Tier 1 extension split into two tax years and didn't faced an issue/any questions asked when they went for there ILR application?

Thanks,
WrS

I did and I didn't have any issues during ILR. I think your dividend vouchers indicate the date when it was declared.

As long as I think overall income in SA302 for that year is less than or equal to what was claimed UKVI should not have an issue. This way they can clearly distinguish if there was any mismatch in what you claimed and what was declared to HMRC


For example ;
FY 2012-2013 SA302 income was say 30,000 and you claimed 20,000
FY 2013-2014 SA302 income was say 35,000 and you claimed 21,000
Overall you are claiming 41K but split between 2 FY. They can just add the two years as well. I think its simple maths for them and no rocket science.

p.s : numbers are only for illustration..

Hi guys,

I have a similar case where my dividends withdrawn fell into two FY.
For my last Tier1 extension, earnings claimed were for the period Nov 2013-Oct 2014 and I went for extension in Nov 2014.

So dividends withdrawn for the period Nov 2013 to Mar 2014 appear in Apr 2014 and dividends withdrawn for the period Apr 2014 to Oct 2014 appear in Apr 2015.

But my dividends shown to HO for extension is less than the dividends I paid tax on to HMRC for tax year 2014-2015. Do I need to compare my earnings against dividends for 2013-2014 as well?

Thanks

bond.boy203 wrote:I did and I didn't have any issues during ILR. I think your dividend vouchers indicate the date when it was declared.

As long as I think overall income in SA302 for that year is less than or equal to what was claimed UKVI should not have an issue. This way they can clearly distinguish if there was any mismatch in what you claimed and what was declared to HMRC


For example ;
FY 2012-2013 SA302 income was say 30,000 and you claimed 20,000
FY 2013-2014 SA302 income was say 35,000 and you claimed 21,000
Overall you are claiming 41K but split between 2 FY. They can just add the two years as well. I think its simple maths for them and no rocket science.

p.s : numbers are only for illustration..

Many thanks band.boy!