The married couple’s allowance gives you an amount (known as a tax credit or tax reducer) that can reduce the amount of income tax you pay.

Maintenance payments relief gives you an amount (known as a tax credit or tax reducer) that can reduce the amount of income tax you pay. It is only available where either you, or your ex-spouse or civil partner were born before 6 April 1935.

Scottish income tax applies from 6 April 2017 to Scottish taxpayers. On this page, we explain who a Scottish taxpayer is so that you can work out if Scottish income tax applies to you. In the guidance below, we refer to ‘parts of the UK’. In the context of Scottish taxpayer status, the four ‘parts ...

The personal allowance is deducted from your taxable income before income tax is calculated. It can therefore reduce the amount of income tax you pay. The personal allowance means that you can have a certain amount of taxable income each year without paying tax.

Like the personal allowance, the blind person’s allowance is deducted from taxable income before income tax is calculated. It can reduce the amount of income tax you pay.

You may not have to pay tax on all of your income. Some income is non-taxable, not taxable, exempt or tax free. This means you do not include that income in your total taxable income and you do not have to pay tax on it.