Main Personal Allowances and Reliefs

  2010/11 2009/10
Personal (basic) £6,475 £6,475
Personal allowance reduced by 50% of income over
£100,000 N/A
Personal (65-74) £9,490 £9,490
Personal (75 & over) £9,640 £9,640
Married couples/civil partners (minimum) at 10%* £2,670 £2,670
Married couples/civil partners (75+) at 10% £6,965 £6,965
Age-related reliefs reduced by 50% of income over £22,900 £22,900
Blind person's allowance
£1,890 £1,890
Rent-a-room tax-free income £4,250 £4,250
Venture capital trust (VCT) at 30% £200,000 £200,000
Enterprise investment scheme (EIS) at 20% £500,000 £500,000
EIS eligible for capital gains tax re-investment relief No limit
  
*Where at least one spouse/civil partner was born before 6 April 1935
   
Non-domicile remittance basis charge: for adult non-UK domiciliary after UK residence in at least 7 of the previous 9 tax years £30,000 £30,000