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STOP PRESS: The remittance basis is to be abolished from 6 April 2025, although this only applies to foreign income and gains arising on or after that date. The remittance basis rules still apply to unremitted income and gains arising before that date but remitted later. The legislation is included in Finance Bill 2025. For more details, see the Abolition of the remittance basis from 2025/26 guidance note.

Savings income includes interest, profits from deeply discounted securities, accrued income profits and chargeable event gains.

Savings income is taxed after non-savings income but before dividend income. There are four possible rates of tax applying to savings income from 2015/16 onwards: 0%; 20%; 40%; or 45%.

Note that the Scottish and Welsh income tax rates only apply to the non-savings non-dividend income (commonly referred to in practice as non-savings income) of Scottish or Welsh taxpayers. As far as the savings income of Scottish and Welsh taxpayers is concerned, it is the UK tax bands and rates that apply. For the definition of Scottish and Welsh taxpayers,