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Ask HMRC to transfer surplus Income Tax allowances

Ask HMRC to transfer any unused Married Couple's Allowance or Blind Person's Allowance to your spouse or civil partner using form 575(T).

From:

HM Revenue & Customs

Published:

3 October 2014

Last updated:

2 July 2025

Show all updates

2 July 2025
The English and Welsh versions of the 575(T) form and notes for apply by post have been updated for 2025. Guidance about where to get help with the evidence needed when transferring Blind Person's Allowance has been added.
1 July 2020
We have updated the link to apply online.
28 April 2020
The English and Welsh versions of the 575(T) form and notes have been updated for 2020.
6 April 2019
The English and Welsh versions of the 575(T) form and notes have been updated for 2019 to 2020.
10 May 2018
The English and Welsh postal versions have been updated to remove paragraph for claiming higher personal allowance when born before 6 April 1948.
22 February 2018
Apply by post PDF has been updated to reflect changes effective from 2018.
6 April 2017
This guidance has been updated to reflect changes effective from 6 April 2017.
15 August 2016
An online forms service is now available.
19 May 2016
Replaced print and post iform with flat PDF.
6 April 2016
The Income Tax: notice of transfer of surplus Income Tax allowances (575(T)) has been updated for 2016 to 2017.
16 February 2016
New interactive form now available
2 September 2015
Welsh translation to form 575(T) added to the page.
3 October 2014
First published.

Documents

https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/digital-forms/form/notice-of-transfer-of-surplus-income-tax-allowances/draft/start

Ref: 575T

PDF, 98.9 KB, 2 pages

PDF, 83.1 KB, 2 pages

To tell HMRC that you want to transfer unused Married Couple’s Allowance or Blind Person’s Allowance to your spouse or civil partner, you can either:

use the online form service
fill in the form on-screen, print it off and post it to HMRC — read page 1 of the notes for details of the evidence you need to send when transferring Blind Person’s Allowance

You’ll need to sign in to use the online service. If you do not already have sign in details, you’ll be able to create them.

If you use the online form, you’ll get a reference number to track the progress of your form.

To fill in the form, you’ll need:

the date of marriage or civil partnership
your spouse or civil partner’s HMRC reference (this can be found on any letter or form they’ve had from their HMRC office)
your spouse or civil partner’s National Insurance number (you’ll find this on your spouse or civil partner’s payslip, P60 or tax return)
details of your income and deductions for this tax year
details of the allowances you want to claim for this tax year