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If your income is over a certain amount, you will have to pay Income Tax on it. Not all income is taxable, and there are allowances and reliefs you may be able to claim that can reduce your bill.
Not all income counts towards Income Tax. You may have to pay tax on:
You do not have to pay tax on:
Contact Tax Help for Older People (TOP) or HMRC for further information about which types of income are taxable and non-taxable.
We all have a personal tax-free allowance (unless your income exceeds £115,000) which represents the amount of income you can receive without paying tax. Some people are entitled to other allowances as well, like Married Couple’s Allowance and Blind Person’s Allowance.
Our guide Tax guide and factsheet Income Tax list how much the allowances are this year and can help you work out if you’re paying the right amount of tax.
Our online tax calculator can help you check if you’re being incorrectly taxed. This includes underpaying as well as overpaying. Underpaying may not seem like a bad thing, but can become a major problem if HMRC catches on and seeks to recover large sums of money from you.
Download the guide Tax guide (PDF 630 KB)
Download the factsheet Income Tax (PDF 212 KB)
Download the factsheet Planning for retirement: money and tax (PDF 276 KB)
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Downloads
A download is a document (like a research report, a leaflet, or an application form) that can be transferred from our website to your computer. You can download a file, view it on your screen, print it, or save it to your computer.
PDF stands for ‘portable document format’.
Most downloads on this website are PDFs. We use this format to ensure that the document looks the same on everyone’s computer (website pages, by contrast, appear differently depending on how people have set their computer up).
Computers use a program called Adobe Acrobat Reader to download PDFs. If you try clicking on a link to download a PDF and it doesn’t work, you will need to install Adobe Acrobat Reader onto your computer.
The process is quite straightforward and is free.
PDFs cannot be changed. If you need to be able to type into a downloaded document (for example, if we are offering a letter template that you need to put your name on) we will provide it as a Microsoft Word document rather than a PDF. You can then download it, type into it and save it to your computer.
Downloads will open on your computer in a new browser window.
Inside this window (below all your web browser menus), there will be a toolbar with options for you to print or save the document.
Close the browser window to return to the Age UK website.
We have made every effort to make our PDFs accessible to screen readers. Here is an overview of your accessibility options available in Acrobat Reader. Please ensure that you have downloaded the latest version of Acrobat Reader from the Adobe Reader website to ensure that they are included in your version of the programme.
You can use Adobe Reader to read a PDF out loud with the following shortcut keys:
You can also convert a PDF into a web page by following these steps:
You can convert a PDF document into a text file for use with other software and hardware such as Braille printers by opening the PDF and choosing ‘Save as text’ from the File menu.
HM Revenue & Customs help ensure that the money is available to fund the UK's public services. They also provide targeted financial support to families and individuals. Visit their ‘Contact us’ section to enquire about taxable income.
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