Simon owns an apartment which he lets to tenants. The apartment was let throughout tax year 2017-18 at a weekly rental of £320. The expenses incurred by Simon in relation to this apartment during 2017-18 were as follows:

The new refrigerator is very similar in all respects to the old one which was provided at a cost of £270 several years previously and has now been scrapped. Costs of £10 were incurred in order to transport the old refrigerator to the local recycling centre.
Compute Simon's property income for 2017-18 and explain how this computation would differ if the tax year concerned was 2018-19 instead of 2017-18.

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Advertising for new tenant Repairs and maintenance Insurance costs Replacement of refrigerator Interest on buy-to-let mortgage Capital repayments on buy-to-let mortgage th 135 590 730 325 3,420 2,160