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UK pension & tax rates 2022/23

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Every figure is read from the engine’s versioned 2022/23 configuration (2022-23-v1.16, verified against official sources on 2026-07-25) — the same constants the calculators compute against, so this reference cannot drift from a calculated result.

Also available as machine-readable JSON.

Standard annual allowance
£40,000
Taper — threshold income gate
£200,000
Taper — adjusted income gate
£240,000
Taper — reduction
£1 for every £2of adjusted income over £240,000
Tapered allowance floor
£4,000
Money purchase annual allowance (MPAA)
£4,000
Relief without earnings — basic amount
£3,600gross, for members with no relevant UK earnings
DB revaluation — prior-September CPI
3.1%applied to the DB opening value (FA 2004 s.235)

PTM055100 · PTM057100 · PTM056510 · FA 2004 s.190 & s.235 · PTM053301 · Apply it: Annual allowance · Tapered AA · MPAA · Carry forward · DB input amount

Personal allowance
£12,570
Personal allowance — withdrawn from
£100,000£1 for every £2 of adjusted net income; nil at £125,140
Basic rate — 20%
first £37,700of taxable income
Higher rate — 40%
£37,700 to £150,000
Additional rate — 45%
over £150,000

ITA 2007 s.10 & s.35 (rates, bands, personal-allowance withdrawal) · Apply it: Income tax · £100k tax trap · Adjusted net income

Personal allowance — 0%
first £12,570UK-wide; the bands below assume it in full
Starter rate — 19%
£12,571 to £14,732of income
Scottish basic rate — 20%
£14,733 to £25,688of income
Intermediate rate — 21%
£25,689 to £43,662of income
Higher rate — 41%
£43,663 to £150,000of income
Top rate — 46%
£150,001 and aboveof income

Bands are shown as gross-income boundaries on gov.scot's published basis, assuming the full £12,570 personal allowance — where the allowance is reduced (adjusted net income over £100,000) or increased, every boundary shifts by the same amount. The engine works in taxable income; the taxable band widths behind these boundaries are published in the JSON dataset for this year.

Scotland Act 2016 s.13; rates set by the Scottish Parliament (gov.scot). ITA 2007 s.35 (personal allowance). Savings, dividends, the personal allowance and its withdrawal are UK-wide. · Apply it: Income tax (Scotland toggle) · £100k tax trap (Scotland toggle)

Personal savings allowance (basic / higher / additional)
£1,000 / £500 / £0
Starting rate for savings
0% on up to £5,000eroded £1-for-£1 by non-savings taxable income
Dividend allowance
£2,000
Dividend rates (ordinary / upper / additional)
8.75% / 33.75% / 39.35%

The PSA and the starting rate for savings are the two allowances recalculated inside top-slicing relief for gains from 6 April 2021 (IPTM3820).

ITA 2007 s.12 & ss.12A–12B (starting rate, PSA) · ITA 2007 s.13A (dividend nil rate) · Apply it: Income tax · Top-slicing relief · Chargeable event gain

Child Benefit (weekly, first / additional child)
£21.80 / £14.45
HICBC — starts at adjusted net income
£50,000
HICBC — clawback
1% per £100of adjusted net income over £50,000; full charge at £60,000

ITEPA 2003 s.681B–681H · SSCBA 1992 s.141 · Apply it: HICBC · Adjusted net income

Trusts

Trust rate
45%
Trust dividend rate
39.35%
Standard rate band
£1,000

ITA 2007 s.9 & s.479 · Apply it: Chargeable event gain

CGT annual exempt amount
£12,300
CGT rates (basic / higher)
10% / 20%
ISA annual subscription limit
£20,000

ParaplanAI does not compute CGT — these figures sit in the reference for the wrapper comparison.

TCGA 1992 s.1K & s.1H · ITTOIA 2005 s.694 (ISA regulations) · Apply it: Pension vs ISA

This 2022/23 configuration (2022-23-v1.16) was verified against official sources on 2026-07-25. Read the full list of sources and qualifiers.

For planning and illustration purposes only. Verify all inputs against source documents. This reference does not constitute financial or tax advice. Figures from configuration 2022-23-v1.16, verified against official sources 2026-07-25.

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