The Income Tax (Indexation of Qualifying Care Relief Amounts) Order 2025
Citation and interpretation1.
(1)
This Order may be cited as the Income Tax (Indexation of Qualifying Care Relief Amounts) Order 2025.
(2)
This Order has effect for the tax year 2025-26 and subsequent tax years.
Indexation of qualifying care relief amounts2.
(a)
in section 808(2) (the individual’s limit: the fixed amount) for “£19,360” substitute “£19,690”
;
(b)
in section 811(1A)3 (the weekly amount for an adult) for “£485” substitute “£495”
;
(c)
in section 811(2)(a) (the weekly amount for a child under 11 years old) for “£405” substitute “£415”
;
(d)
in section 811(2)(b) (the weekly amount for an older child) for “£485” substitute “£495”
.
This Order fulfils the indexation requirements in section 828A (indexation of the fixed amount and the amount per adult and child) of the Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5) in respect of qualifying care relief amounts, which are increased by reference to the consumer price index. This increase has effect for the tax year 2025-26 and subsequent tax years.
A Tax Information and Impact Note has not been prepared for this instrument as it gives effect to a previously announced policy and relates to routine changes to thresholds to a predetermined indexation formula.