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  • If you earn over £500 in interest if you’re a higher tax rate payer, or earn over £1000 in interest as a lower tax payer on a standard savings account in a tax year you will get taxed. That’s why people use cash ISA’s, especially as interest rates are higher.

    I don’t do a tax return, but HMRC adjusted my personal allowance to reflect that I went over the savings threshold and had to pay tax on some of the interest earned.

  • The banks have to report to HRMC all the interest paid and then they work it out. It was in the financial year 2022/2023 that I went over the limits, this tax year my personal allowance was adjusted and the form stated the reason was for the interest I earned.

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