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UK Tax Rates 2024/2025
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Income Tax Rates and Personal Allowances

How much Income Tax you pay in each tax year depends on:

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  • How much of your income is above your Personal Allowance

  • How much of your income falls within each tax band

  • The current tax year is from 6 April 2024 to 5 April 2025.

  • The standard Personal Allowance is £12,570, which is the amount of income you do not have to pay tax on. It’s smaller if your income is over £100,000 as your Personal Allowance goes down by £1 for every £2 that your adjusted net income is above £100,000. This means your allowance is zero if your income is £125,140 or above.

  • Adjusted Net income is total taxable income before any Personal Allowances and less certain tax reliefs, for example, Trading Losses, Donations made to charities through Gift Aid — taking off the ‘grossed-up’ gift-aid amount, Pension contributions paid gross (before tax relief), pension contributions where your pension provider has already given you tax relief at the basic rate — take off the ‘grossed-up’ amount.

Income Tax Rates and Bands
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The table shows the tax rates you pay in each band if you have a standard Personal Allowance of £12,570.

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Band                             Taxable income                      Tax rate

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Personal Allowance      Up to £12,570                          0%

Basic rate                       £12,571 to £50,270                20%

Higher rate                    £50,271 to £125,140              40%

Additional rate              over £125,140                         45%

Tax on Savings Interest

Starting Savings Rate

 

You may also get up to £5,000 of interest and not have to pay tax on it. This is your starting rate for savings.

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The more you earn from other income (for example your wages or pension), the less your starting rate for savings will be.

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If your other income is £17,570 or more you’re not eligible for the starting rate for savings.

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If your other income is less than £17,570 your starting rate for savings is a maximum of £5,000. Every £1 of other income above your Personal Allowance reduces your starting rate for savings by £1.

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For Example:

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You earn £16,000 of wages and get £200 interest on your savings.

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Your Personal Allowance is £12,570. It’s used up by the first £12,570 of your wages.

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The remaining £3,430 of your wages (£16,000 minus £12,570) reduces your starting rate for savings by £3,430.

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Your remaining starting rate for savings is £1,570 (£5,000 minus £3,430). This means you will not have to pay tax on your £200 savings interest.

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Personal Savings Allowance

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You may also get up to £1,000 of interest and not have to pay tax on it, depending on which Income Tax Band you’re in.

 

This is your Personal Savings Allowance.

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Income Tax band                    Personal Savings Allowance

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Basic rate                                £1,000

Higher rate                              £500

Additional rate                         £0

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Interest Covered by Your Allowance

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Your allowance applies to interest from:

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  • bank and building society accounts

  • savings and credit union accounts

  • unit trusts, investment trusts and open-ended investment companies

  • peer-to-peer lending

  • trust funds

  • payment protection insurance (PPI)

  • government or company bonds

  • life annuity payments

  • some life insurance contracts

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Savings in tax-free accounts like Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs) and some National Savings and Investments accounts do not count towards your allowance.

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Interest on Joint Accounts

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If you have a joint account, interest will be split equally between the account holders. Contact the savings helpline if you think it should be split differently

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Trading Allowance

The trading allowance is a tax exemption of up to £1,000 a year for individuals with trading income from:

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  • self-employment

  • casual services, for example, babysitting or gardening (helpsheet 325 has more information about other taxable income)

  • hiring personal equipment, for example, power tools

Property Income Allowance

The property allowance is a tax exemption of up to £1,000 a year for individuals with income from land or property.

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If you own a property jointly with others, you’re each eligible for the £1,000 allowance against your share of the gross rental income.

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