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Income tax rates and allowances

Income Tax Allowances

Income Tax Allowances table 2018-19 and 2019-20

Income Tax allowances	2018-19	2019-20
Personal Allowance for people born after 5 April 1948	£11,850	£12,500
Income limit for Personal Allowance (1)	£100,000	£100,000
Maximum amount of Married Couple's Allowance (born before 6th April 1935)	£8,355	£8,445
Minimum amount of Married Couple's Allowance	£3,220	£3,260
Blind Person's Allowance	£2,290	£2,320
Transferable tax allowance for married couples and civil partners (2)	£1,060	£1,060

The Personal Allowance reduces where the income is above £100,000 - by £1 for every £2 of income above the £100,000 limit. This reduction applies irrespective of age or date of birth.
Available to spouses/civil partners born after 5 April 1935. This allowance is 10% of the personal allowance for those born after 5 April 1938. It allows a spouse or civil partner who is not liable to income tax above the basic rate, to transfer this amount of their personal allowance to their spouse/civil partner. The recipient must not be liable to tax above the basic rate. The recipient is eligible to a tax reduction of 20% of the transferred amount. More information can be found here; https://www.gov.uk/marriage-allowance.

Income tax rates are different if you live in Scotland.

Income Tax Allowances for Scottish tax year 2019-20

From 6^th April 2019, the rates will also differ if you live in Wales.