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Starter rate for savings - is it automatic?

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Hi, is the starter rate for savings automatically applied or is it something I need to add myself please? I.e. if my income from employment is less than £12,570, will HMRC be automatically aware that I am eligible for the £1,000 PSA, £5,000 Starter Rate for Savings, plus any remainder from £12,570 less income from employment, or would this be something I'd need to apply for via a self assessment please? Thanks
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  • Dazed_and_C0nfused
    Dazed_and_C0nfused Posts: 17,626 Forumite
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    Hi, is the starter rate for savings automatically applied or is it something I need to add myself please? I.e. if my income from employment is less than £12,570, will HMRC be automatically aware that I am eligible for the £1,000 PSA, £5,000 Starter Rate for Savings, plus any remainder from £12,570 less income from employment, or would this be something I'd need to apply for via a self assessment please? Thanks
    You don't need to do anything.

    But it doesn't work in the order you describe.

    You use any unused Personal Allowance then
    you use any available savings starter rate band and only then can you use the savings nil rate band.
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