Main Income Tax Reliefs and Credits Return to BSG Valentine homepage

  06-07 05-06
Personal (basic) £5,035 £4,895
Personal (65-74) £7,280 £7,090
Personal (75 & over) £7,420 £7,220
Married/civil partners (minimum) at 10%* £2,350 £2,280
Married/civil partners (under 75) at 10%* £6,065 £5,905
Married/civil partners (75+) at 10% £6,135 £5,975
Age-related reliefs reduced by 50% of income over £20,100 £19,500
Blind person's allowance £1,660 £1,610
Rent-a-room tax-free income £4,250 £4,250
Venture capital trust (VCT) up to £200,000 30% 40%
Enterprise investment scheme (EIS) at 20%
£400,000 £200,000
EIS eligible for Capital Gains Tax re-investment relief No limit

* Where at least one spouse/civil partner was born before 6 April 1935