When you receive state benefits, it can be difficult to understand how you pay any tax due on them. This page explains how tax on taxable state benefits interacts with the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system.

You only pay income tax on taxable income that exceeds certain tax allowances. Tax allowances can reduce the amount of income tax you have to pay. Not all allowances work in the same way. Some reduce the amount of income that you have to pay tax on, others provide an amount (a tax credit or tax ...

Scottish taxpayers pay Scottish income tax and have done so since 6 April 2017.

Welsh taxpayers started to pay Welsh income tax from 6 April 2019. This page explains how the tax works and how it is collected. 

If you pay tax through Pay As You Earn (PAYE), payroll giving is a simple way of making regular gifts to charity. You ask your employer or pension payer to make the donation from your pay or pension. Payroll giving is sometimes called ‘give as you earn’ or workplace giving.

The Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system is a method of paying income tax on certain types of income. If you pay tax under PAYE on some of your income, tax is deducted at source on that income. This means you receive it net of tax.