Section 34 Allowances under Chapter
United Kingdom
In this Chapter—
F1section 35 deals with entitlement to a personal allowance,
section 38 deals with entitlement to a blind person's allowance, and
section 39 deals with the transfer of part of a blind person's allowance to a spouse or civil partner.
An allowance under this Chapter is given effect at Step 3 of the calculation in section 23.
See also—
section 809G, in relation to tax years before 2025-26 where a claim for the remittance basis to apply is made, and
section 845E of ITTIOA 2005, in relation to tax years from 2025-26 where a foreign income claim, a foreign employment election or a foreign gain claim is made.
Those sections provide that where an individual makes such a claim or election for a tax year, the individual is not entitled to any allowance under this Chapter for that tax year.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in s. 34(1)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 5(11) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2015 (c. 11), s. 5(3)
- F2
S. 34(3) substituted (for the tax year 2025-26 and subsequent tax years) by Finance Act 2025 (c. 8), s. 37(2)(b)(4)