All figures are annual amounts

Allowances
Personal allowance £11,500
Tapered on income above £100,000
Transferable to spouse/
civil partner taxed at 20%
£1,150
Trading income £1,000
Property income £1,000
Rent-a-room £7,500
Tax on earnings
Earnings to £33,500 20%
£33,501 to £150,000 40%
Over £150,000 45%
Tax on earnings for Scottish residents
Earnings to £31,500 20%
£31,501 to £150,000 40%
Over £150,000 45%
Tax on interest
First £5,000 0%
20% taxpayers £1,000 @ 0%
40% taxpayers £500 @ 0%
Balance taxed at marginal rates
Tax on dividends
First £5,000 0%
Balance in band to £33,500 7.5%
£33,501 to £150,000 32.5%
Over £150,000 38.1%
National insurance
Class 1 employers 13.8% over £8,164
Under 21 (apprentices 25) 0% to £45,000
Class 1 employees 12% on £8,164 to £45,000;
2% above £45,000
Class 4 self-employed 9% on £8,164 to £45,000;
2% above £45,000
Class 2 self-employed
Not payable if profits under
£148.20
£6,025
Class 3 voluntary £741
Employment allowance
Set against employer’s Class 1 NIC
(Not available for one-person companies)
£3,000
Pension contributions
No earnings s £3,600 gros
Otherwise 100% of earnings
Annual contribution caps:
No pension taken
Some pension taken
£40,000
£4,000
Adjusted income over £150,000:
annual cap tapered to
£10,000
Lifetime pension fund cap £1m
Corporation tax
All profits 19%
VAT
Registration turnover £85,000
Deregistration turnover £83,000
Standard rate 20%
Reduced rate 5%
Inheritance tax
Nil rate band £325,000
Excess taxed at 40%
Where 10% left to charity 36%
Capital gains tax
Within basic tax rate 10%
Higher tax bands 20%
Surcharge for residential property
and carried interest
8%
Entrepreneurs’ relief 10%
Annual exempt amount £11,300