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Income Tax - taxable bands
2012/13(£)
2011/12(£)
Basic rate: 20%:
£0 - 34,370
£0 - 35,000
Higher rate: 40%
£34,370 - £150,000
£35,001 - £150,000
Additional Rate: 50%
£150,000 +
Income Tax – Personal Allowances
Personal Allowance – under 65
£8,105
£7,475
Age –Allowance (65-74)
£10,500
£9,940
Age-Allowance (75+)
£10,660
£10,090
(W.E.F 6/4/13 Age allowances will be frozen and new retires after that date will receive no additional personal allowances at all)
Dividends
Basic rate taxpayers
10%
Higher rate taxpayers
32.5%
Additional rate taxpayers
42.5%
Pre-owned assets tax (£5,000 taxable threshold)
As income
Discretionary and Relevant Property Trusts*
Standard rate band
1,000
Dividends (rate applicable to trusts - RAT)
Other income (rate applicable to trusts - RAT)
50%
*from 6/4/2008 A&M trusts can only be created by a parent's will, all other trusts now under the RPT regime.
Interest In Possession Trusts
UK Dividends
Savings, rent and trading
20%
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