Pensioners: Income Tax

(asked on 29th October 2026) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the taper rate for pensioners with incomes above the value of the pension tax allowance will be.


Answered by
Torsten Bell Portrait
Torsten Bell
Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
This question was answered on 3rd November 2026

For every £3 of income above the full level of the new State Pension, the value of the Pension Tax Allowance will reduce by £1.

Further information on the Pension Tax Allowance, including the taper rate for pensioners with incomes above the value of the full new State Pension, can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pension-tax-allowance-explainer/pension-tax-allowance-explainer.

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