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personal age allowance

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  • This topic has 4 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 10 years ago by Tax Tutor.
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  • February 20, 2015 at 12:28 pm #229314
    madeleinec
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    I have a question in regards to the calculation of the personal age allowance when the pensioner has a higher income of £27,000 and is born after 06/04/1938

    For example Peter DOB is 16/03/1934 and has net income of £32,300 and his personal age allowance would be £10,660

    So I calculate the restriction as 50% x (32300 – 27000) = £2650
    but the answer is (660) as I assume that £660 has been taken away from his allowance of £10,600 to leave him with the basic allowance of £10,000

    I can’t understand is why it is not 10,660 – 2650 = £8010

    Many thanks
    Madeleine

    February 21, 2015 at 11:43 am #229485
    Tax Tutor
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    I think you mean born “before” 6 April 1938 not after! Have you read the notes in section 3 of chapter 2 which deals with the personal age allowance? The notes clearly state that we do not reduce the PA below the standard PA of 10,000 unless ANI exceeds 100,000!!
    Otherwise we would be treating elderly people more harshly than others!!!

    February 21, 2015 at 11:50 am #229489
    biggles
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    Why would that be unfair? The old people are the ones who have all the money

    February 21, 2015 at 1:07 pm #229496
    madeleinec
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    Many thanks, that makes sense now

    February 23, 2015 at 3:30 pm #229812
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    Well Biggles you will be pleased to hear that soon everyone will have the same personal allowance, though your current argument hardly seems valid if we only reduce “young” people’s PA when their ANI exceeds 100,000 but you think “old” people should start to lose their PA at about 28,000! Please do not become Chancellor of the Exchequer!! Cheers

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