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Tax relief for savings and dividends

03 May 2017 / Sean Eastwood
Issue: 4597 / Categories: Comment & Analysis
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Relief at the ready

KEY POINTS

  • £5 000 savings starting rate of 0% available if non-savings income does not exceed combined amount of the personal allowance and £5 000.
  • Basic rate taxpayers can receive up to £1 000 of interest tax free while those on the higher rate can receive up to £500.
  • All taxpayers can receive up to £5 000 of dividends annually at 0% rate of tax falling to £2 000 from 6 April 2018.
  • Trading and property allowances of £1 000 each available from 6 April 2017 (but removed from Finance (No 2) Bill 2017 as the article went to press).
  • HMRC software is not coping in some cases when savings and dividend income is received.

In the past few years the government has attempted to ease the...

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