Income Tax Rates and Allowances (Table A) Main Allowances 2026/27
2025/26 £12,570
Personal Allowance (PA)*† Blind Person’s Allowance
£12,570
3,130 7,500 1,000 1,000
3,130 7,500 1,000
Rent a room relief § Trading income §
Property income § 1,000 * PA will be withdrawn at £1 for every £2 by which ‘adjusted income’ exceeds £100,000. There will therefore be no allowance given if adjusted income is £125,140 or more. † £1,260 of the PA can be transferred to a spouse or civil partner who is no more than a basic rate taxpayer, where both spouses were born after 5 April 1935. § If gross income exceeds this, the limit may be deducted instead of actual expenses.
Rate Bands
2026/27 £37,700
2025/26 £37,700
Basic Rate Band (BRB) Higher Rate Band (HRB) Additional Rate (AR)
37,701-125,140
37,701-125,140
over 125,140
over 125,140
Personal Savings Allowance (PSA) – Basic rate taxpayer
1,000
1,000
– Higher rate taxpayer Dividend Allowance (DA)
500 500
500
500 BRB and AR threshold are increased by allowable personal pension contributions and Gift Aid donations.
Tax Rates
2026/27
2025/26
Rates differ for G eneral, S avings and D ividend income within each band: G S D G
S %
D %
%
%
%
%
Basic Higher
20 40 45
20 40 45
10.75 35.75 39.35
20 40 45
20 40 45
8.75
33.75
Additional 39.35 General income (salary, pensions, business profits and rents) usually uses personal allowance, basic rate and higher rate bands before savings income (mainly interest). To the extent that savings income falls in the first £5,000 of the basic rate band, it is taxed at nil rather than 20%. The PSA taxes interest at nil, where it would otherwise be taxable at 20% or 40%. Dividends are normally taxed as the ‘top slice’ of income. The DA taxes the first £500 of dividend income at nil, rather than the rate that would otherwise apply. High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) 1% of child benefit for each £200 of adjusted net income between £60,000 and £80,000.
Income Tax – Scotland
2026/27
2025/26
Rate 19% 20%
Band
Rate 19% 20%
Band
Starter Rate Basic Rate
£2,306
£2,827
2,307 – 13,991
2,828 – 14,921
Intermediate Rate
21% 13,992 – 31,092 42% 31,093 – 62,430 45% 62,431 – 125,140
21% 14,922 – 31,092 42% 31,093 – 62,430 45% 62,431 – 125,140
Higher Rate
Advanced Rate
Top Rate over 125,140 The Scottish rates and bands do not apply for savings and dividend income, which are taxed at normal UK rates. The Scottish rates for 2026/27 have not yet been announced. 48% over 125,140 48%
AUTUMN BUDGET 26 NOVEMBER 2025
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