Are You Prepared for the New Tax Year 2020?
With all the headlines being taken up by other matters, it’s easy to overlook that 6th April saw the start of a new tax year 2020/21, so we have set out below the main taxes and allowances for the year.
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Income Tax
No changes in main UK income tax rates and allowances:
- Personal allowance £12,500 up to £100,000 income
- Dividend allowance £2,000
- Personal savings allowance £1,000 (£500 for higher rate payers)
- Trading income allowance £1,000
- Property income allowance £1,000
- Transferable tax allowance for married couples £1,250
- Starting rate for savings £5,000 (if other income not above £5,000)
- Basic rate band £0 – £37,500
- Basic rate tax 20% (dividends 7.5%)
- Higher rate band £37,501 – £150,000
- Higher rate tax 40% (dividends 32.5%)
- Additional rate band over £150,000
- Additional rate tax 45% (dividends 38.1%)
Corporation Tax
Corporation tax remains unchanged at 19% for all UK-resident companies. There had been a plan to reduce it to 17% but this was scrapped.
Capital Gains Tax
Entrepreneur’s Relief cut from £10m to £1m of gains. This means that the majority of business owners who sell their business will still only pay tax at 10%. There had been fears that this was being scrapped altogether.
CGT on residential property must be reported and paid within 30 days
Rates and allowances
- Annual exempt amount up to £12,300
- CGT is payable rates remain unchanged at:
- 10% if you’re a standard rate income taxpayer (18% residential property)
- 20% higher ratepayer (28% residential property)
National Insurance
No changes to the rates for Class 1 (Employees) or Class 4 (Self Employed)
- Employees pay at 12% on salaries above £183/week and 2% above £962/week
- Employers pay at 13.8% on salaries above £169/week
- Self employed pay at £3.05/week (Class 2) and (Class 4)
- 9% on profits above £9,500
- 2% on profits above £50,000