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.

You need to be able to work out your tax so that you can check you are paying the correct amount. We explain how in four steps.

In general, income tax is charged on income. So, first of all we have to distinguish between income and capital receipts. Once we have worked out that something is income, it is necessary to work out if that income is taxable income or if it is exempt from income tax.