Married Tax allowance

KG

Having recently got hitched, I thought I would check this one. I am guessing there is no such thing as a 'married persons tax allowance' these days.

I am pretty sure it demised many years ago now, but (not being a fanatical follower of tax legislation in the UK...) I just wanted to check.

KG

Jay-Jay_4

I've got a feeling it was replaced with working tax credits :-/

Not sure though :-/

Js_Other_Half

I'm fairly sure each person has their own tax allowance - certainly we couldn't claim anything when we got married just under 2 years ago.

robnye

i am afraid it is only availabel to people born before 1935

see below

http://www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk/pdfs/fs1mca.pdf

Robert_Sterling_3

The good old days

When I got married the best time of the year to get married was half way through the tax year.
This was because the bride got a full years tax allowances as a single person and a full years tax allowances as a married person.
In addition a good time to have a baby was April 5th as the new baby got you a child tax allowance for the year which was just ending.

PS

On your mortgages interest you got a tax allowamce which was known as MIRAS.
Any money you had to pay as interest on your mortgage was free of tax under PAYE.
For well off folk it reduced the interest they paid by 40% or even more.