Marriage Allowance - saving £252 per year
Who qualifies and how to claim
Marriage Allowance allows one spouse or civil partner to transfer £1,260 of their Personal Allowance to the other, saving up to £252 in Income Tax per year.
Who qualifies
The transferring spouse must earn below the personal allowance (£12,570). The recipient must be a basic rate taxpayer (income below £50,270). For director couples where one spouse earns less (perhaps because they are not yet drawing a salary from the company), Marriage Allowance can be a simple saving.
How to claim
The lower-earning spouse claims through their HMRC personal tax account on the GOV.UK website. The claim can be backdated up to four years, generating a lump-sum refund for prior years. We advise on eligibility as part of your Self Assessment preparation.
💡 Good to know: Marriage Allowance saves up to £252 per year, and a full backdated claim covering the four prior years is worth up to a further £1,008. The claim takes about five minutes online. It is worth checking where one of you earns below £12,570, though the full benefit applies where the lower earner's income is £11,310 or less; between £11,310 and £12,570 the saving can be reduced, so it is worth confirming first.
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