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Isa or Fixed rate saving??

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Any help appreciated, I m a bit confused around the taxation. I m a normal rate tax payer. I have 40’000 to either put in an isa or fixed 12 month saving. The fixed saving has a better interest rate of 6% compared to 5.5 on the isa. However will I pay more tax on the fixed rate?? Many thanks 

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  • Zopa_Trooper
    Zopa_Trooper Posts: 293 Forumite
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    You multiply the 5.5% by 1.25 which gives you 6.78% so the ISA is better. However you can only put £20,000 in that.
  • Sg28
    Sg28 Posts: 447 Forumite
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    20k in the isa 20k in the fixed saver. 

    You'll pay £40 in tax in the year on the fixed saver but no way around that unless you want to take a gamble with premium bonds, but you'll need to be very very lucky to beat the interest on the fixed saver even after tax. 
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  • badger09
    badger09 Posts: 11,568 Forumite
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    Any help appreciated, I m a bit confused around the taxation. I m a normal rate tax payer. I have 40’000 to either put in an isa or fixed 12 month saving. The fixed saving has a better interest rate of 6% compared to 5.5 on the isa. However will I pay more tax on the fixed rate?? Many thanks 
    £40k @ 6% will generate £2400 in the year. Assuming you have no other savings interest, the tax due on that will be (£2400 - £1000 = £1400 @ 20% =) £280 so £2120 net
    You can only put £20k in an ISA each tax year. £20k @ 5.5% = £1100. 
    If you put the other £20k in the FR @ 6%, interest will be £1200 less tax due (£200 @ 20%) £40 = £1160. So £2260 total. 
    Seems like your best option. 
    Hope my maths hasn’t let me down. Some 🍷 🍷 has been consumed😊

  • MikeJXE
    MikeJXE Posts: 3,855 Forumite
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    Any help appreciated, I m a bit confused around the taxation. I m a normal rate tax payer. I have 40’000 to either put in an isa or fixed 12 month saving. The fixed saving has a better interest rate of 6% compared to 5.5 on the isa. However will I pay more tax on the fixed rate?? Many thanks 
    That depends what you mean by a normal rate tax payer, I class myself as one of them but I only pay tax on a small portion of my income

    I'm investing in savings too but not yet in an isa because I won't be taxed on my fixed savings interest 

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