Tax Rates Allowances, Reliefs and Credits
Income Tax – taxable bands | 2022-23 | 2023-24 |
Starting rate for savings: 0% | £0 -5,000 | £0 -5,000 |
Basic rate: 20% | £0 -37,700 | £0 -37,500 |
Higher rate: 40% | £37,701 -150,000 | £37,501 -125,140 |
Additional Rate: 45% | £150,000 + | £125,140 + |
Dividends (effective rate) | ||
Personal dividend allowance – first £1,000 | 0% | 0% |
Basic rate taxpayers | 8.75% | 8.75% |
Higher rate taxpayers | 33.75% | 33.75% |
Additional rate taxpayers 45% | 39.35% | 39.35% |
Discretionary and Relevant Property Trusts* | ||
Standard rate band | £1,000 | £1,000 |
Dividends (rate applicable to trusts – RAT) | 39.35% | 39.35% |
Other income (rate applicable to trusts – RAT) | 45% | 45% |
Interest In Possession Trusts | ||
UK Dividends | 7.5% | 8.75% |
Savings, rent and trading | 20% | 20% |
Income Tax Allowances, Reliefs and Credits | ||
Personal allowance (minimum) | £12,570 | £12,570 |
Trading allowance | £1,000 | £1,000 |
Property income allowance | £1000 | £1,000 |
Personal saving allowance (interest) for BR tax payer | £1,000 | £1,000 |
Personal saving allowance (interest) for HR tax payer | £500 | £500 |
Personal saving allowance (interest) for AR tax payer | Nil | Nil |
Personal dividend allowance | £2,000 | £1,000 |
Rent-a-room tax free home income* *restricted to £3,750 if letting jointly | £7,500 | £7,500 |
Transferable Tax Allowance for Married couples & Civil partners | £1,260 | £1,260 |
Married couples/Civil partnerships allowance (age 75+)(max) | £9,415 | £10,375 |
Married couples/Civil partnerships allowance (age 75+)(min) | £3,640 | £4,010 |
Income limit | £31,400 | £31,600 |
National Insurance Contributions | ||
Class 1 NIC- Employee (2% NIC on earning over £50,000) | 12% | 10% |
Class 1 NIC- Employer | 13.8% | 13.8% |
LEL | £6,390 | £6,396 |
PTH | £11,908 | £12,570 |
STH | £9,100 | £9,100 |
UEL | £50,270 | £50,270 |
Self-Employed Class 2 Flat rate p/w | £3.15 | £0 |
Small profit limit | £6,725 | £6,725 |
Self-Employed Class 4 on profit £12570-£50,270 (2% NIC on earning over £50,270) | 9% | 8% |
Voluntary Class 3 Flat rate p/w | £15.85 | £17.45 |
Employment allowance per employer | £5,000 | £5,000 |
Limits for other reliefs | ||
Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) | 30% | 30% |
Maximum Investment* | £1million | £1million |
*Increased to 2,000,000 for investments in knowledge intensive businesses from 6 April 2018 | ||
EIS capital gains re-investment | Unlimited | Unlimited |
Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) | 50% | 50% |
Maximum Investment | £100,000 | £100,000 |
SEIS re-investment exemption | 50% | 50% |
Venture Capital Trusts (VCT) | 30% | 30% |
Maximum Investment | £200,000 | £200,000 |
Capital Gains Tax | ||
Standard rate taxpayers | 10% | 10% |
Additional rate taxpayers | 20% | 20% |
Discretionary and Interest in Possession Trusts | 20% | 20% |
Residential property gain | ||
Standard rate individuals | 18% | 18% |
Higher rate taxpayers and trusts | 28% | 28% |
Annual Exemptions | ||
Individuals | £12,300 | £6,000 |
Most trusts | £6,150 | £3,000 |
Chattels (5/3 taxable on excess above) | £6,000 | £6,000 |
Entrepreneurs’ & Investor Relief | ||
Entrepreneurs relief (in lifetime) *ER- 2 years holding & 5% conditions need to be satisfy | £1million | £1million |
Investor Relief | £10m | £10m |
ER & IR rate | 10% | 10% |
Pensions | ||
Lifetime allowance | £1,073,100 | no cap |
Lifetime allowance charge | (Lump sum) 55% | (Lump sum) 55% |
Annual allowance | £40,000 | £60,000 |
Annual allowance minimum | £4,000 | £10,000 |
Threshold income limit | £200,000 | £200,000 |
Adjusted income limit | £240,000 | £260,000 |
Maximum tax free cash | 25% of pension benefit value | 25% of pension benefit value |
Tax Free Savings | ||
ISA annual limit | £20,000 | £20,000 |
Junior ISA annual limit | £9,000 | £9,000 |
Lifetime ISA annual limit | £4,000 | £4,000 |
Help to buy ISA monthly limit | £200 | £200 |
Inheritance Tax | ||
Nil rate band | £325,000 | £325,000 |
Residence nil rate band | £175,000 | £175,000 |
Annual exempt amount | £3,000 | £3,000 |
Rate on death (on excess) | 40% | 40% |
Lifetime transfer to trust | 20% | 20% |
Corporation Tax | ||
Company Profits including Gain: Main rate Small profit rate Marginal rate (Standard marginal relief fraction 3/200) | 25% 19% 26.5% | 25% 19% 26.5% |
Patent Box | 10% | 10% |
Value Added Tax | ||
Standard rate | 20% | 20% |
Reduced rate | 5% | 5% |
VAT fraction | 1/6 | 1/6 |
Registration Limit | £85,000 | £85,000 |
De-registration Limit | £83,000 | £83,000 |
Flat rate scheme turnover limit | £150,000 | £150,000 |
Cash and annual accounting turnover limit | 1,350,000 | 1,350,000 |
Capital Allowances | ||
Annual Investment allowance (AIA) full expensing (£1m from 1 January 2019 to 31 March 2023 and £200,000 from 1 April 2023). | 100% | 100% |
FYA (new zero emission vehicles and car with CO2 50g/km or less) | 100% | 100% |
Main rate (P&M- annual reducing balance) | 18% | 18% |
Special rate | 6% | 6% |
Structures and buildings (SL) | 3% | 3% |
Structures and buildings (SL)-in freeport tax site | 10% | – |
Full expensing/Super deduction (company only) | ||
-New main rate assets | 130% | 100% |
-New special rate assets | 50% | 50% |
Research and Development | ||
R&D for SME | 230% | 186% |
R&D- Capital expenditure | 100% | 100% |