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As you get older there are certain age-related allowances that can reduce your tax. Some are amounts of income that you don't have to pay tax on while others are amounts that reduce your tax bill. There is also a Blind Person's Allowance.
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Nearly everyone who lives in the UK gets a 'Personal Allowance' that lets them have some tax-free income each year. If you get a Personal Allowance this may increase in the tax year of your 65th birthday, depending on your taxable income. Remember that your Tax Office might not know your age unless you've told them or shown your date of birth on a tax return, claim form or form P161 'Pension Coding'.
For more about the Personal Allowance follow the first link below.
Find out about increased Personal Allowance
Why it's important to fill in your Pension Coding form
You can claim Married Couple's Allowance if you're married or in a civil partnership and at least one spouse or civil partner was born before 6 April 1935.
It's an amount that is taken off your tax bill - so you can only claim it if you pay tax. However, if your income isn't high enough to benefit from the allowance you can transfer the surplus to your spouse or civil partner.
To find out more about Married Couple's Allowance read the guide below in the Income Tax section of the website.
Married Couple's Allowance and how to claim
You can get an allowance to reduce your tax bill for maintenance payments you make to your ex-spouse or former civil partner if:
Read more about Maintenance Payments Relief in the Income Tax section of the website.
More about Maintenance Payments Relief and how to claim
Blind Person's Allowance is an amount of income you can get without paying tax. You can claim it if either of the following applies:
If you're married or in a civil partnership and you don't pay enough tax to use all the allowance, you can transfer any unused allowance to your husband, wife or civil partner. You can do this regardless of the state of their eyesight, if they pay tax.
More about Blind Person's Allowance in the Income Tax section
Do you have to pay tax in retirement?
More about tax allowances for pensioners from the Low Incomes Tax Reform group
Learn more about civil partnerships on the Women & Equality Unit website
