Tax allowances and reliefs

• Introduction to tax allowances and reliefs Overview of allowances and reliefs that can reduce your tax

• Personal Allowance How much tax-free Personal Allowance you can get - including increased amounts from age 65, depending on your income

• Blind Person's Allowance Claim Blind Person's Allowance if you're certified blind or unable to perform any work for which eyesight is essential

• Married Couple's Allowance Claim Married Couple's Allowance if you're married or in a civil partnership and one spouse was born before 6 April 1935

• Maintenance Payments Relief Claim Maintenance Payments Relief if you're divorced or formally separated

• Tax allowances and reliefs - employees or directors Tax relief you may be able to get if you're an employee or director

• How to get allowances and reliefs - employees or directors How to claim allowances and reliefs, including expenses, if you're an employee or director

• Tax allowances and reliefs if you're self-employed Opens new window Go to the HM Revenue & Customs website to find out about allowances, reliefs and deductions for the self-employed

• Tax relief on pension contributions (pensions and retirement planning section) How the basic rate tax you pay is used to top up your pension contributions to occupational, public service and personal pensions