{"id":309,"date":"2019-07-13T00:02:23","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T23:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icotax.com\/w\/?p=309"},"modified":"2019-07-16T18:18:28","modified_gmt":"2019-07-16T17:18:28","slug":"marriage-allowance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icotax.com\/w\/marriage-allowance\/","title":{"rendered":"Marriage Allowance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Marriage Allowance lets you transfer \u00a31,250 of your Personal Allowance to your husband, wife or civil partner &#8211; if they earn more than you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This reduces their tax by up to \u00a3250 in the tax year (6 April to 5 April the next year).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To benefit as a couple, you must normally have an income below your Personal Allowance of \u00a312,500. You can backdate your claim to include any tax year since 5 April 2015 that you were eligible for Marriage Allowance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"who-can-apply\">Who can apply<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>You can benefit from Marriage Allowance if all the following apply:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>you\u2019re married or in a civil partnership<\/li><li>you do not pay income tax or your income is below \u00a312,500<\/li><li>your partner pays income tax at the&nbsp;basic rate (income is between \u00a312,501 and \u00a350,000)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It will not affect your application for Marriage Allowance if you or your partner:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>are currently receiving a pension<\/li><li>live abroad &#8211; as long as you get a&nbsp;Personal Allowance<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<div role=\"form\" class=\"wpcf7\" id=\"wpcf7-f194-o1\" lang=\"en-GB\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"screen-reader-response\"><p role=\"status\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\"><\/p> <ul><\/ul><\/div>\n<form action=\"\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309#wpcf7-f194-o1\" method=\"post\" class=\"wpcf7-form init\" novalidate=\"novalidate\" data-status=\"init\">\n<div style=\"display: none;\">\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7\" value=\"194\" \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_version\" value=\"5.3.2\" \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_locale\" value=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_unit_tag\" value=\"wpcf7-f194-o1\" \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_container_post\" value=\"0\" \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_posted_data_hash\" value=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>Please do not hesitate to contact us with your requirements.<\/p>\n<p><label> Your Name (required)<br \/>\n    <span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap your-name\"><input type=\"text\" name=\"your-name\" value=\"\" size=\"40\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-text wpcf7-validates-as-required\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" \/><\/span> <\/label><\/p>\n<p><label> Your Company<br \/>\n    <span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap your-company\"><input type=\"text\" name=\"your-company\" value=\"\" size=\"40\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-text\" aria-invalid=\"false\" \/><\/span> <\/label><\/p>\n<p><label> Your Email (required)<br \/>\n    <span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap your-email\"><input type=\"email\" name=\"your-email\" value=\"\" size=\"40\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-text wpcf7-email wpcf7-validates-as-required wpcf7-validates-as-email\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" \/><\/span> <\/label><\/p>\n<p><label> Your Requirements:<br \/>\n    <span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap your-message\"><textarea name=\"your-message\" cols=\"40\" rows=\"10\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-textarea\" aria-invalid=\"false\"><\/textarea><\/span> <\/label><\/p>\n<p><input type=\"submit\" value=\"Send\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-submit\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"wpcf7-response-output\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div><\/form><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marriage Allowance lets you transfer \u00a31,250 of your Personal Allowance to your husband, wife or civil partner &#8211; if they earn more than you. This reduces their tax by up to \u00a3250 in the tax year (6 April to 5 April the next year). To benefit as a couple, you must normally have an income &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.icotax.com\/w\/marriage-allowance\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Marriage Allowance<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":333,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[18,17],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.icotax.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/marriage-allowances-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icotax.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icotax.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icotax.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icotax.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icotax.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.icotax.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":339,"href":"https:\/\/www.icotax.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309\/revisions\/339"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icotax.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icotax.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icotax.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icotax.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}