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[Exercise Query] Income Tax Liability

FFilipa2y ago
Hello, Could you please help me with the following question? Ann is self-employed. Her taxable income for the tax year 2022/23 was £76,000 which was all trading income. Ann made contributions of £49,000 (gross) into a personal pension scheme between September 2022 and March 2023. This was the seconf year that she had been a member of a pension scheme and she had an unused annual allowance of £20,000 brought forward from 2021/22. What is Ann’s income tax liability for the tax year 2022/23> Answer: The available annual allowance is £40000 + £20000 + £60000 and so there is no annual allowance charge for the tax year 2022/23. The basic rate band limit is £37700 +£49000 so all of Ann’s taxable income is within the basic rate band. £76000 x 20% = £15200. My reasoning: If the pension allowance is £49,000 and the personal allowance is £12,570. Should not the taxable income and tax liability be: £76000 – £49000 – £12570 = £14430 £14430 x 20% =£2886? Thanks in advance for you help. Filipa
JJill2y ago#1
It doesn't work the way you think - sorry. The answer is correct and you should always do your calculations are explained.
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