On the whole, everyone will be better off in 2017/18 as a result of the personal allowance being increased by £500 and the basic rate band by £1,500. However, this is generally offset by employed and self-employed individuals paying additional national insurance contributions.
Pensioners, who do not pay national insurance contributions, will be particularly better off with some keeping up to £83/month in the bank compared to the current tax year.
Families will be no better or worse off as the child tax credits, working tax credits and child benefit rates are all frozen.
The outlook for 2018/19 is mixed however, particularly for self-employed individuals who will be worse off compared to 2017/18. For those individuals who make more than £125,000 of profit per year, the monthly tax savings in 2017/18 will be completely reversed so that they are in the same position as is currently the case.
Married (or civil partnership) couple, two earners, two children
Married (or civil partner) couple, one earner, two children
Married pensioners (born after 5th April 1935)
Single pensioner
Single person, no children
Single person, one child
Single person, self-employed
Unmarried couple, both earning
Tables compiled by Paul Haywood-Schiefer ATT at Blick Rothenberg LLP
*Data assumes: where both members of a couple are earning, the income is split two thirds to one third; all earners work 30+ hours; no investment income received; all children under 16; tables include tax credits (working and child tax credits and child benefit where applicable; no pension contributions or gift aid payments; tables do not include blind person’s allowance; transferable allowance only available to married couples and civil partners who are not in receipt of married couple’s allowance, and only where a spouse or civil partner has not used all of their personal allowance and their partner is not a higher or additional rate taxpayer
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