1. Income Tax Flashcards

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Tax Year

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6th April - 5th April

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Personal Allowance

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£11,850

withdrawn at £1 for every £2 above £100,000 (£123,700 has no PA)

Non-domiciled tax payers cannot claim PA

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Transferable Allowance

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Allows roughly 1/10 (£1,190) of PA to be transferred to spouse or partner

Potential saving of 20% * 1,190 = £238

Only applies when spouse / partner is not at higher or additional rates

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Income Tax rates (Excluding Scotland)

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Savings | 0% | £0 - 5,000
Basic | 20% | £0 - 34,500
Higher | 40% | £34,501 - 150,000
Additional | 45% | £150,000+

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Savings Income

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A person only qualifies for 0% savings income up to £5,000

If their non-savings income is below their personal allowance plus £5,000. (e.g. £16,850)

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Personal Savings Allowance

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Savings income is paid gross, with a PSA available depending on tax rate:

Basic rate taxpayers - £1000
Higher - £500
Additional - £0

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Dividend Income

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Dividend income is paid gross, with a £2,000 DA available

Basic rate taxpayers - 7.5%
Higher - 32.5%
Additional - 38.1%

Dividend income is taken as a taxpayer’s top slice of income, so is taxable at the highest rate

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Tax Relief on Interest from a Loan

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  1. Buy plant / machinery
  2. Buy an interest in an unquoted, employee-controlled company
  3. Invest in a partnership / cooperative
  4. Buy ordinary shares or lend money to a ‘close company’ (controlled by 5 or fewer shareholders / solely by directors)
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Relief on Pension Contributions

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An individual <75 can receive relief on contributions to a pension scheme at their marginal tax rate, the maximum limit is the higher of:

  1. Annual earnings in a tax year, capped at £40,000
  2. Basic amount of £3,600

It is possible to carry forward unused allowances from the previous 3 years

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Relief on Pension Contributions: Calculating 1

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Taxpayer claims relief on pension contributions at their marginal tax rate (e.g. higher rate receives 40% relief), however this was tapered for additional rate tax payers:

e.g. The £40,000 cap is reduced by £1 for every £2 of taxable income above £150,000.
To a minimum cap of £10,000 (at £210,000 taxable income)

A safeguard is where NET income is £110,000

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Relief on Pension Contributions: Calculating 2

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When an individual does not have sufficient income to claim relief.

The maximum contribution a person can pay is £2,880 (£3,600 with 20% relief)

This results in £3,600 being paid into their pension scheme, despite earning less than this

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12
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Taxation of Trust income

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Tax rates (First £1,000 - Standard Rate Band)

  • Dividend Income = 7.5% (dividend ordinary rate)
  • All other income = 20% (basic rate)

Tax rates (>£1,000)

  • Dividend Income = 38.1%(dividend trust rate)
  • All other income = 45% (trust rate)

Standard Rate £1,000 is first applied to All other income (property, trading, savings etc), followed by Dividend income

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Multiple Trusts

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If the settlor created more than 1 trust, the Standard rate £1,000 is divided equally between trusts

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Relief on Trust Income

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When trust income is paid out to a beneficiary, it is treated as already being taxed at the 45% trust rate.

If the beneficiaries level of income means they are below the additional 45% rate, they may be able to claim some / all of it back

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