Pay tax on carers allowance in the month of April.

Claiming carers allowance takes me just into the basic rate tax band. Over the year CA currently works out at £317 a month. When I called HMRC with a query the very helpful advisor advised the full £317 goes towards my tax calculation for the month of April. When I suggested in the month of April 5 days of that should be classed as “ the last tax year” and the remainder “this tax year”, he said that sounded logical but not what his “help sheet” suggested. Although this only adds a small amount of additional tax I would appreciate someone explaining my misunderstanding on this as I like to understand the math? Thank you. 

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Hi NeilCarr Carr,
We calculate income received in a tax year on the date the payment was received.
If you received the payment after the 6 April, it counts for the current tax year. 
Thank you. 

That explains it Thank you