self assessed tax question

[martinburrows50]

Hi, just wondnering if anyone can help me. I work for myself and the tax year 2016 to 2017 was a very bad year for me Basically I earned 2,000 less than my personal allowance. So the positives are that I have not reached the tax threshold and will not pay any income tax I presume. But I still incurred about 2000 of expenses. When I come to do my self assessed tax returns do this mean that I will get a tax rebate?

Thanks.

[bd6759]

From what you say, your self-assessment will show this:
Income 9,000
Expenses 2,000
Profit (taxable income) 7,000

This is less than the PA, so no tax to pay. You may get a refund if you have actually paid tax, but not simply because your taxable income is less than your personal allowance.