Transferable tax allowance (also known as the marriage allowance)

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STOP PRESS: At Spring Budget 2024, the Chancellor announced that the remittance basis would be abolished from 6 April 2025, although this only applies to foreign income and gains arising on or after that date. The remittance basis rules still apply to unremitted income and gains arising before that date but remitted later. For more details, see the Abolition of the remittance basis from 2025/26 guidance note.

What is the transferable tax allowance (marriage allowance)?

From 6 April 2015, an individual can elect to transfer 10% of the personal allowance (£1,260) to the spouse or civil partner where neither party is a higher rate or additional rate taxpayer. The legislation calls this the ‘transferable tax allowance’ but the GOV.UK website refers to it as the ‘marriage allowance’. The personal allowance is frozen at £12,570 until 5 April 2028, and therefore the transferable tax allowance is similarly frozen at £1,260 for the same period (as it is rounded up to the nearest £10).

The transferor’s personal allowance is reduced by the amount

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