What evidence must I upload to prove income and expenses?

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View the evidence that can be uploaded to prove income and expenses for your NHS Bursary application.

Failure to upload any of the relevant evidence will result in the assessment of your application being delayed.

Income	Evidence
Salary or wages	P60 March payslip - this must be a week 52 or month 12 payslip showing tax year to date figures a letter on headed paper from your employer providing full financial year details that would appear on a P60 or payslip HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) income confirmation HMRC annual tax summary P45 for earnings from a particular employment, any other taxable income will need separate evidence
Income from self-employment	personal tax calculation or computation statement from HMRC self assessment tax return statement of accounts accountants letter annual tax summary If you do not have the evidence for the requested financial year, the previous years evidence may be accepted. You must upload a covering letter to confirm you do not have evidence for the requested financial year. If you have no accounts due to only recently starting your business, you must upload a signed covering letter confirming this. This must include the date the business was set up and any other information you think is relevant.
National Insurance contributions	P60 P45 March or week 52 payslip employers letter accountants letter Income Tax self assessment form
Personal pension contributions	Pension company letter Pension company statement Pension contributions for private pensions must always show tax relief on the evidence for us to include them as an expense.
Employee pension contributions	P60 or payslip if it shows taxable pay P45 week 52 or final March payslip employers letter
Pensions	P60 Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) letter Pension statement P2 New
Taxable benefits for you	DWP letter showing how much you receive weekly
Taxable benefits for your parent or partner	P60 P45 DWP letter showing how much they'll receive weekly for the current tax year if the combined household income is below £24,279 DWP letter showing the full amount received in total over the relevant financial year if the combined income is over £24,279
Income tax contributions	latest payslips employers letter accountants letter Income Tax self assessment form
Life assurance or insurance premiums	assurance or insurance company letter assurance or insurance company statement
Professional subscriptions or other expenses attracting Tax relief	P2 self assessment tax return personal tax calculation or computation annual tax summary
Loan interest	Tax return Personal tax computation P2 New
Child maintenance payments - formal agreement	child support agency letter court maintenance order
Child maintenance payments - informal agreement	a letter including full details of all payments For income from maintenance payments, this must be from the person making payments. For expenses from maintenance payments, this must be from the person receiving payments.
Foster Carer Allowance	Carer Financial Statement If this is not available, upload an HMRC statement showing the taxable element received. If none of these documents are available, you can upload a: self assessment tax form tax computation summary You must upload a covering letter with the details of the children and all the information that would have been included in the Carer Financial Statement. It must also include the reason why no other documents can be uploaded.
Mortgage payments	letter from mortgage provider statement from mortgage provider
Rent payments	tenancy agreement rent statement on headed paper letter from landlord on headed paper If you cannot upload any of these, you must upload a covering letter along with bank statements that clearly show regular monthly or weekly payments being deducted for rent payments. If you're the student and using rent to offset your own income, you must upload statements covering the last 3 months. If your spouse, civil partner, or partner has declared rent in the Dependants Allowance section, you must upload bank statements covering the previous financial year. If you pay rent in cash or it's an informal agreement and you cannot provide bank statements, the stated rent cannot be taken into account as an expense.
Income from lettings or lodgings	self assessment tax return If the most recent financial year's tax return is not yet available, we may be able to accept the previous years along with a covering letter to confirm this. If you cannot upload a self assessment tax return, upload a tenancy agreement. You must upload a covering letter explaining why you cannot upload the preferred evidence. If there's a mortgage on the property, we may be able to deduct this from the income. For proof of these expenses, upload either a: letter from the mortgage provider statement from the mortgage provider