Marriage Allowance

pafpcg

itm2 wrote: »

Does anyone know if I would be able to claim for the 2014-15 tax year?

No, you can't - but then nobody else can either! The Marriage Allowance was new for 2015/16.

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Rob_Parker wrote: »

Based upon the figures given for tax year 2015/16 then the lower earning spouse may end up owing and paying tax under this scheme! . . .

Whilst what you say is true, providing the higher earner still pays some tax in the year, you will still be better off as a couple. It only means that the annual saving will be split between you but it may not be the full £212 (2015/16) or £220 (2016/17).

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snowbrow wrote: »

We got married in March this year and I'm below the threshold for 15/16 tax year only due to maternity leave. Anyone know if we're still eligible to claim for the previous tax year? Is there a certain period of the tax year you have to be married for? Thanks xx

Providing you were married by 5 April, you can claim Marriage Allowance for the tax year. You can still claim for last year (2015/16) but not earlier years.

Edit
See <HMRC website>.

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Sexlisa79 wrote: »

Hi there me and my partner don't work he is on ESA he did work last year though

If your partner paid, or was liable to pay, tax last year then you can claim MA and he should get a rebate of some or all of the tax already paid.

Piggywinkle

I transferred my tax allowance to my husband in March after reading all of the advice on MSE and the forums. After hearing that people were receiving their backdated allowances, I was looking forward to some extra pennies in the new financial year.

However, my husband is paid weekly and therefore would not get a refund of tax in his pay packet, as the (approx) £212 for the year was in excess of the weekly tax he would pay. I thought, not to worry, we'll probably get a cheque, but nothing. I rang up HMRC today (for a separate query) and asked them if we were eligible for the backdated rebate. They said that we would receive it around June or July when everyone's tax accounts were reconciled.

Not ecstatic, but what can I do? Just thought I would give people here a heads up in case they were waiting for their backdated payments.

onlythebrave

Hi,
My husband is dual national for UK/US. he has lived here in the UK for the last 23years. He works for the American government in the UK and is paid in $dollars, and he is taxed under the American System. My husband has a UK National Insurance number, which he does not use. So are we eligible to for Marriage Tax Allowance?
I am a UK national and work and pay tax here in the UK

Does anyone know the answer to this?

Thanks for reading

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onlythebrave wrote: »

Hi,
My husband is dual national for UK/US. he has lived here in the UK for the last 23years. He works for the American government in the UK and is paid in $dollars, and he is taxed under the American System. My husband has a UK National Insurance number, which he does not use. So are we eligible to for Marriage Tax Allowance? I am a UK national and work and pay tax here in the UK

Does anyone know the answer to this?

If you both have a UK NI number then I would say you would be eligible for MA but I would check with HMRC first, to be sure.

katsclaws

Does dividend income count towards taxable income for Marriage Allowance.?

veryintrigued

veryintrigued wrote: »

Couple of questions.

Although last year we went through the first part of the application for this (to gain the email link to fully apply) we didn't proceed any further.

This was due to the lower earner would have had to pay tax once this code was reduced.

Instead we waited to use the email link in this tax year (i.e. from today) as the lower earner of us will (in this tax year) be far below the threshold.

So here's the two questions.

Q1. Is anyone else getting the error message '
Marriage Allowance Application

The Marriage Allowance service won't be available from midnight on 5 April 2016 due to the change of tax year. Please check back later'

When they use a previous provided link or go to the HMRC website?

Q2. Can anyone tell me if its possible on the application to apply for this tax 'break' from this tax year only - i.e. to ignore it for 15/16?

Thanks in advance

Just a heads-up for those with the link previously sent that its now working.

Also the answer to Q2 above is that the website is sophisticated to allow you to not claim back the tax for 2015-16 if you so desire. i.e. just claim from April 2016 onwards.

Hope this is a help to some

Dazed_and_confused

katsclaws wrote: »

Does dividend income count towards taxable income for Marriage Allowance.?

Yes and if dividends are received they are part of your taxable income for both last year and this tax year.
There is now a £5000 dividend allowance but the first £5000 of dividend income remains taxable income its just that it is now taxed at 0%, a bit like the personal savings allowance which has just started.
Tax doesn't have to be taxing (but often is :mad:)