Tax Rates

Fiscal Facts (IFS) - a key website for historic comparisons of tax rates, and for 'A Survey of the UK Tax System' a 28 page overview of the changes in the UK taxation system over the last 20 years (which can be downloaded in pdf format). The site includes easy to use tables, detailing the main tax rates and thresholds for the current tax year, cross referenced with the historic rates. The historic rates are also listed separately, and include:

• Income Tax rates and limits 1973-
• Corporation Tax and allowances 1973-
• Personal Allowances 1973-
• VAT Rates 1973-
• Mortgage interest tax relief 1973-
• NI rates employed/self-employed 1975-

HMRC Rates and Allowances - rates and allowances for the current and previous tax years (covering Income Tax, Savings, Corporation Tax, National Insurance, Pensions, Exchange Rates, Capital Gains Tax, Travel, Stamp Duty, Inheritance Tax, Tax Credits, and Interest Rates).

HMRC Statistics - historic tax rate data from the Inland Revenue, including:

• Income Tax Personal Allowances and Reliefs, 1973/74-
• Rates of Capital Gains Tax, 1977/78-
• Rates of Corporation Tax, 1969-
• Rates of Capital Allowances 1978-
• Rates of Income Tax, 1984/85-

Valuation Office Agency - executive agency of the Inland Revenue with responsibility for business rates. The VOA holds information on their website about procedures, appeals, and a search facility to check the rateable value for business properties by postcode.

Tax Cards 2009-10

KPMG's Budget Rates and Allowances Card 2009/10 - tax card published by KPMG in April 2009.

Budget 2009 : 2009-10 Tax Tables - published by Accounting Web on 22 April 2009.

Deloitte - Tax Rates and Allowances 2009/10 is available to download (PDF: 19 pages) on Deloitte's Budget 2009 site. Tax rates and allowances going back to 2002/03 are also available to download.

UK Tax Datacard 2009/10 - Budget 2009 edition - tax card (43K, PDF) published by PricewaterhouseCoopers in April 2009.

Tax Cards 2008-09

PLEASE NOTE on 13 May 2008 the Chancellor made a statement to the House of Commons, announcing an increase in the 2008/09 personal allowance and reduction in the higher rate threshold. The resources listed on this page may not have been updated to reflect the changes.

See also Pre-Budget Report 2008 - VAT Rate Changes for details from HMRC on the Chancellor's announcement in the Pre-Budget Report on 24 November 2008 that the standard rate of VAT will be reduced to 15% on 1 December 2008.

Direct taxes: rates and allowances 2008-09 - House of Commons Research Paper 13 March 2008. "This paper sets out the main changes to direct tax rates and allowances announced in the Budget of 12 March 2008. It lists the principal personal allowances which will be available against income tax in the tax year 2008-09, and it outlines the conditions necessary for eligibility for these allowances."

BDO Stoy Hayward - Tax Data for 2008/09, available as part of BDO's Budget 2008 Report.

Coutts - UK Interest Rates, UK Tourist Rates and a full UK tax rate.

Deloitte - Tax Rates and Allowances 2008/09, available on Deloitte's Budget 2008 site. Tax rates and allowances going back to 2002/03 are also available to download

Ernst & Young - Tax Tables for 2008/09, published in April 2008

PricewaterhouseCoopers - UK Tax Datacard 2008/09 - Budget 2008 edition (55K, PDF). The 2007/08 (60K, PDF) and  2006/07 (PDF, 55KB) Budget datacards are also still available

 

See Also

The LIS  Knowledge Guide to Exchange Rates, which includes a section on HMRC approved Exchange Rates.

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