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Income Tax is a tax you pay on your earnings - find out about what it is, how you pay and how to check you're paying the right amount using HMRC's tax calculator.

• Overview

  Income Tax is a tax you pay on your income. You do not have to pay tax on…

• How you pay Income Tax

  Pay As You Earn (PAYE) Most people pay Income Tax through PAYE. This is…

• Tax-free and taxable state benefits

  State benefits that are taxable The most common benefits that you pay…

• Work out if you need to pay Income Tax

  To work out if you should be paying Income Tax, follow these steps. Add up…

• Check you're paying the right amount

  You can see if you’re paying the right amount of Income Tax online. For…

Personal Allowance, Income Tax rates, bands and thresholds.

• Current rates and allowances

  How much Income Tax you pay in each tax year depends on: how much of your…

• Previous tax years

  The standard Personal Allowance from 6 April 2023 to 5 April 2024 was…

• Income over £100,000

  Your Personal Allowance goes down by £1 for every £2 that your adjusted…

Self Assessment tax returns - deadlines, who must send a tax return, penalties, corrections and returns for someone who has died.

• Overview

  Self Assessment is a system HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) uses to collect…

• Who must send a tax return

  You must send a tax return if, in the last tax year (6 April to 5 April),…

• Registering and sending a return

  You must register for Self Assessment if you have to send a tax return and…

• If you no longer need to send a tax return

  You must tell HMRC if you believe you no longer need to send a tax return.…

• Deadlines

  HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) must receive your tax return and any money…

• Penalties

  You’ll get a penalty if you need to send a tax return and you miss the…

• If you need to change your return

  You can make a change to a tax return after you filed it, for example…

• How to get help

  If you need help with Self Assessment, you can: appoint someone to fill in…

• Returns for someone who has died

  If you’re the ‘personal representative’ (an executor or administrator) for…

Check your Income Tax, Personal Allowance and tax code for the current tax year. Update details of your income from jobs and pensions.

Includes rates and allowances, tax codes and refunds

• Updated: 21 December 2022

Includes debt and Self Assessment

• Updated: 27 April 2021

Sign into or set up a personal tax account to check and manage HMRC records, including Income Tax, change of address, Self Assessment and company car tax.

Renew or tax your vehicle for the first time using a reminder letter, your log book or the green 'new keeper' slip - and how to tax if you do not have any documents

What tax codes are, how they're worked out, and what to do if you think your code is wrong.

Use this tool to find out what you need to do to get a tax refund (rebate) if you’ve paid too much Income Tax.

Sign in or set up a personal or business tax account, Self Assessment, Corporation Tax, PAYE for employers, VAT and other services.

Payment options for your Self Assessment tax bill - Direct Debit, bank transfer, through your tax code, debit or credit card, cheque and pay weekly or monthly

Estimate how much Income Tax and National Insurance you can expect to pay for the current tax year (6 April 2024 to 5 April 2025).

Sign in and send your Self Assessment tax return online.

Check and report if a vehicle has up-to-date vehicle tax or is 'off road' (SORN)

Use this tool to find out if you need to send a tax return for the 2023 to 2024 tax year (6 April 2023 to 5 April 2024).

Contact HMRC for help with questions about PAYE and Income Tax, including coding notices and Marriage Allowance and for advice on savings (including ISAs) and claiming tax back on interest

• Updated: 16 April 2024

We are the UK’s tax, payments and customs authority, and we have a vital purpose: we collect the money that pays for the UK’s public services and help families and individuals with targeted financial support. We do this by being...

• Updated: 5 April 2024

Tables showing the rates for vehicle tax for different types of vehicle.

Guidance and forms for Income Tax. Including how to check your records, rates and reliefs, refunds and pensions.

• Updated: 8 February 2024