Written questions

Income Tax: Pensioners

Commons · Question 51097 · Tabled 8 May 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 13 May 2025

Question

Asked by Gregory Stafford

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of increasing the Income Tax threshold for pensioners.

Answer

Answered by James Murray, 13 May 2025

The Personal Allowance - the amount an individual can earn before paying tax - will continue to exceed the basic and full new State Pension this tax year. This means pensioners whose sole income is the full new State Pension or basic State Pension without...