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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-tax-trading-and-other-income-act-2005/section-788",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/5",
  "legislation_title": "Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-tax-trading-and-other-income-act-2005",
  "path": "section/788",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "788",
  "heading": "Meaning of “total rent-a-room amount”",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of this Chapter an individual's “total rent-a-room amount” for a tax year is the total of—\n(a) the individual's rent-a-room receipts for the tax year, and\n(b) any relevant balancing charges for the tax year (see section 802).\n(2) In calculating the total rent-a-room amount, no deduction is allowed for expenses or any other matter.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/5/section/788",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:16:32.370392+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}