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Income Tax is a tax you pay on your earnings - find out about what it is, how you pay and how to check you're paying the right amount using HMRC's tax calculator.

• Overview

  Income Tax is a tax you pay on your income. You do not have to pay tax on…

• How you pay Income Tax

  Pay As You Earn (PAYE) Most people pay Income Tax through PAYE. This is…

• Tax-free and taxable state benefits

  State benefits that are taxable The most common benefits that you pay…

• Work out if you need to pay Income Tax

  To work out if you should be paying Income Tax, follow these steps. Add up…

• Check you're paying the right amount

  You can see if you’re paying the right amount of Income Tax online. For…

Personal Allowance, Income Tax rates, bands and thresholds.

• Current rates and allowances

  How much Income Tax you pay in each tax year depends on: how much of your…

• Previous tax years

  The standard Personal Allowance from 6 April 2023 to 5 April 2024 was…

• Income over £100,000

  Your Personal Allowance goes down by £1 for every £2 that your adjusted…

Check your Income Tax, Personal Allowance and tax code for the current tax year. Update details of your income from jobs and pensions.

Guidance and forms for Income Tax. Including how to check your records, rates and reliefs, refunds and pensions.

• Updated: 8 February 2024

Estimate how much Income Tax and National Insurance you can expect to pay for the current tax year (6 April 2024 to 5 April 2025).

Includes rates and allowances, tax codes and refunds

• Updated: 21 December 2022

Use HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC) tax checker to get an estimate of how much Income Tax you should be paying.

What tax codes are, how they're worked out, and what to do if you think your code is wrong.

Self Assessment tax returns - deadlines, who must send a tax return, penalties, corrections and returns for someone who has died.

Check how much Income Tax you paid to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) last year. Check your P800.

Contact HMRC for help with questions about PAYE and Income Tax, including coding notices and Marriage Allowance and for advice on savings (including ISAs) and claiming tax back on interest

• Updated: 16 April 2024

Sign into or set up a personal tax account to check and manage HMRC records, including Income Tax, change of address, Self Assessment and company car tax.

Income Tax on payments from pensions, tax-free allowances, how you pay tax on pensions.

Use this tool to find out what you need to do to get a tax refund (rebate) if you’ve paid too much Income Tax.

Sign in or set up a personal or business tax account, Self Assessment, Corporation Tax, PAYE for employers, VAT and other services.

You do not pay tax on your savings interest if you're on a low income.

The government will maintain the income tax Personal Allowance and higher rate threshold and National Insurance contributions Upper Earnings Limit and Upper Profits Limit at their 2021-2022 levels up to and including 2025-2026.

• Updated: 3 March 2021

Scottish rate of Income Tax, what it's paid on, who pays it, how to work out which is your main home.

Sign in and send your Self Assessment tax return online.

The types of tax you will pay as an employee and how this could affect any benefits your claim.

• Updated: 16 January 2023