Recording method: iPhone Mirroring screenshots and OCR checked against overlapping images. The available accessibility dumps describe the mirror window rather than the answer content. The installed app version was not recorded.
These are original observations, not a representative sample or a product reliability rating. The collection report records corrected temporary cross-entry transcription, interruptions and an incomplete final stability check. Repeated questions remained in the same conversation, so they are not independent sessions. Only short answer excerpts are quoted below; GOV.UK comparison text is written separately.
Observation 01 · 14 November 2026
Who needs to register for Self Assessment?
Question as submitted
Who needs to register for Self Assessment?
Recorded answer excerpt
I’m having difficulty finding an answer on GOV.UK. If you rephrase your question, I’ll search again.
The recorded response does not answer the filing question. The filing guidance instead identifies conditions such as sole-trader trading receipts above the allowance, partnership status and certain charges. This observation establishes only that this particular request did not return a substantive tax answer.
The emergency-code guidance describes W1, M1, X and NONCUM and a calculation based on the current pay period rather than cumulative income. The quoted sentence alone does not state those boundaries; the screenshot preserves the broader response.
The Income Tax guidance separates the Personal Allowance from the bands applied to income above it, and explains that the allowance can taper with adjusted net income. The quoted sentence is a summary; it is not an individual calculation or a filing-requirement test.
The saved response goes on to label its Scottish figures as 2025/26. The source for that historical year is linked here. Current 2026/27 Scottish bands differ, so the recorded historical response cannot stand in for a current-year calculation. No individual payroll total is calculated in this record.
This repeats the England question asked earlier in the same conversation. Both opening excerpts are the same; the full captured wording differs. The Income Tax guidance still requires allowances, income bands and relevant reliefs to be considered. This record does not measure response consistency across independent sessions.
This repeats the Scotland question in the same conversation. The full recorded response describes 2025/26 and uses income bands above the Personal Allowance, unlike the earlier presentation of full income bands. The historical source is linked for context; this short excerpt does not establish a 2026/27 calculation.
Comparison checked: . Status: original observation; no reliability score.
This is a one-off record. It has no keyword target and is not a continuing test series. The observations do not replace the source-linked Self Assessment decision path.
