This section of the site contains some information about the UK tax system, both current tax rates and thresholds, and rates and nominal thresholds back to 1973 for the main direct and indirect taxes.

These tables were last updated in April 2009.

• Recent headline tax rates (since 2000)
• Tax measures introduced in each Budget and PBR (since 1979)
• Composition of revenue (since 1978 and including forecasts to 2013-14)

Direct taxes

• Income tax, personal allowances, rates and limits
• National Insurance, rates: employed and self-employed
• Tax credits (child tax credit and working tax credit)

Indirect taxes

• VAT
• Excise duties (alcohol, petrol and tobacco)
• Aggregates levy
• Air passenger duty
• Betting duty
• Climate change levy
• Insurance premium tax
• Landfill tax
• Vehicle excise duty

Capital taxes

• Capital gains tax
• Inheritance tax
• Stamp duty and stamp duty land tax
• Treatment of assets

Corporate taxes

• Corporation tax, rates
• North Sea oil taxation

Local taxes

• Council tax