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My apologies to all, the premise that expenses are deducted from the loan amounts for the tax calculation is correct, I.e the expenses are not deducted from the settlement figure after the tax has been calculated, but from loan amounts before tax calculation - must have had (another) senior...
I complained to HMRC that their delays and inaction meant that I would miss their imposed deadline last year, complaint was upheld and I could settle on 2017 terms. Subsequent to this I asked about expenses and submitted them as detailed in previous posts. Years involved were 2013 and 2014.
I asked about claiming expenses against a settlement figure and was told to submit a claim. I was allowed 10% of the expenses claimed (without receipts) against the settlement. I was told this was the maximum permissible.
I asked if I could claim expenses against a settlement figure and was told to submit them. 10% of the expenses I submitted, without receipts, was allowed against the settlement. I was told this was the maximum permitted.