TAX Rates and Allowances 2019/2020

Allowances and Reliefs

	£ (GBP)
Income limit for personal allowance	£100,000
Personal allowance for people born after 6 April 1938	£12,500
Married couple's allowance maximum amount	£8,915
Married couple's allowance minimum amount	£3,450
Transferable Tax Allowance for married couples and civil partners	£1,250
Blind person's allowance	£2,450

Income Tax Rates

Rate on taxable income	Band, £(GBP)	Rate,%
Starting savings rate	0 - £5,000	0*
Basic rate	£0 - £37,500	20**
Higher rate	£37,501 - £150,000	40***
Additional rate	over £150,000	45****
* Starting savings rate is available for savings income only. The rate 0% is not available if taxable non-savings income exceeds £5,000. Dividend Allowance of £2,000 is tax free. except dividends (7.5%) * except dividends (32.5%) **** except dividends (38.1%)

National Insurance Contributions

Weekly earnings £(GBP)	Not contracted out
Class I (employment) Employee’s rate
Up to £166	Nil
£166 to £962	12%
Over £962	2%
Employment allowance, per employer, per year	£3,000
Employer’s rates
Up to £166	Nil
Above £166	13.8%
Class 2 Annual small earning exception is £6,365 per year Class 2 rate per week is £3
Class 4 Lower annual earnings limit is £8,632
Upper annual earnings limit is £50,000
Class 4 rate between lower and upper earnings limit	9%
Class 4 rate above upper earnings limit	2%

Capital Gains Tax

Standard rate taxpayers	10%
Higher rate taxpayers	20%
Rates for trustees and personal representatives	20%
Individual annual exemption	£12,000
Trusts annual exemption	£6,000
Entrepreneurs’ relief life time limit	£10,000,000
Entrepreneurs' relief rate	10%
Residential property	18% / 28%

Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs) After 1 July 2014

Max annual contributions – Total overall annual investment limit a combination of amounts between a Cash and Stocks and Shares NISA, up to the overall annual limit of £20,000.

£20,000

Stamp Duty (from 4 December 2014)

From 4 December 2014 the SDLT rates were changed by a new regime under which you will only pay the rate of tax on the part of the property price within each tax band.

3% surcharge in addition to the existing stamp duty land tax rates on additional or rental properties above £40,000 from 1 April 2016.

Residential
£125,000 or less	Nil
On the next £125,000*	2%
On the next £675,000**	5% / 15%
On the next £575,000	10% / 15%
On the rest (above £1,500,000)	12% / 15%
Non-residential or mixed use
£150,000 or less - annual rent less than 1,000	Nil
£150,001 – £250,000	2%
Over £250,000	5%
Shares and Securities	Standard rate - 0.5%, higher rate - 1.5%

Lease rentals (on grant): The net present value is charged at 1% on the excess over £125,000 for residential and 1% on the excess over £150,000 for non-residential or mixed use, land.

1* The threshold for properties in disadvantaged areas is £150,000

2** The 15% rate applies to properties over £500,000 purchased on or after 20 March 2014 by ‘non-natural persons’, such as a company

3 Special rules apply to stamp duty land tax on premiums where the annual rent exceeds £1,000

4 2% surcharge on stamp duty and tax rates on commercial property with a net present value over £5 million

Capital Allowances

Annual investment allowance on new purchase of plant and machinery from 1 January 2019	£1,000,000
First year allowance (FYA) for business expenditure on new low rate (110g/km) emission vehicles	100%
Writing-down allowances	%
Integral features, long Life plant and machinery and certain cars	6
Structures and buildings	2
Other plant and machinery (main writing down allowance rate)	18
Vehicles with emissions less than or equal to 50g/km	100%
Vehicles with emissions between 50g/km and 110g/km	18
Vehicles with emissions over 110g/km	6

Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings

Property value is from £500,000 to £1m	£3,650
Property value is from £1 million to £2 million	£7,400
Property value is from £2 million to £5 million	£24,800
Property value is from £5 million to £10 million	£57,900
Property value is from £10 million to £20 million	£116,110
Property value is above £20 million	£232,350
Disposal of ATED property gains are subject to capital gain tax	28%

Corporation Tax

Taxable profit £ (GBP)s
Taxable profits (FY 1/04/2019-01/04/2020)	19%

VAT

Standard Rate	20%
Reduced Rate	5%
Zero Rate	0%
Annual Turnover Limits for registration - last 12 months or if turnover is going to exceed within the next 30 days	£ 85,000
Annual Turnover Limits for de-registration	£ 83,000

Inheritance tax

£1 – 325,000 (Lifetime limit)	0% *
Over £325,000	40% **
Annual Exemption
Annual gifts per donor per year	£3,000
Small gifts per donee per year	£250
Wedding gifts to each of your children	£5,000
Wedding gifts to each grandchild	£2,500
Wedding gifts to others	£1,000

*If someone’s estate is less than the Inheritance Tax threshold of £325,000, the remaining threshold can be transferred to their husband, wife or civil partner’s estate when they die.

** If the value of your estate, if you donate at least 10 per cent of your total assets to charity, tax may be reduced to 36%.

Non Domiciled Remittance Basis Charges (RBC)

Unremitted income less than 2,000	0%
Resident in the UK at least 7 of previous 9 tax years	£30,000
Resident in the UK at least 12 of previous 14 tax years	£60,000
Resident in the UK at least 17 of the previous 20 tax years, if you’re reporting income you earned before 6 April 2017*	£90,000*
Personal allowance	0
Capital Gains Tax Annual Exemption	0

*From 5th April 2017, once non-domiciled individuals were resident in the UK for at least 15 of the 20 tax years, they will be deemed UK domiciled for all tax purposes

Pension Schemes Allowance

Annual Allowance	£40,000
Lifetime Allowance	£1,055,000

Tax efficient Savings and Investment

Venture Capital Trust up to	£200,000
Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme up to	£100,000
Enterprise Investment Scheme	£2,000,000
Social Investment Tax Relief	£1,000,000

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