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• Individuals over the age of 55 have flexible access to their defined contribution pension savings
• The Income Tax Personal Allowance increases to 10,600
• The higher rate income tax threshold increases to 42,385
• The new Marriage Allowance comes into effect
• The starting rate of savings income tax reduces from 10% to 0% for savings up to 5,000
• The cash ISA limit increases to 15,240
• Child Trust Funds can now be transferred into Junior ISAs
• Spouses can now inherit their deceased partners ISA benefits
• If an individual dies before the age of 75, they can now pass on their unused defined contribution pension savings free of income tax
• Beneficiaries of individuals who die under the age of 75 with a joint life or guaranteed term annuity can now receive any future payments from such policies free of income tax
• Employers will no longer have to pay employer NICs for employees under the age of 21
• Class 2 NICs for the self-employed can now be collected through Self-Assessment
• The Employment Allowance extends to include people employing care and support workers to look after themselves or family members
• A new annual remittance basis charge of 90,000 is introduced for non-domiciled individuals who have been resident in the UK in at least 17 of the last 20 years, and the charge paid by non-domiciled individuals who have been resident in the UK in at least 12 of the last 14 years has increased from 50,000 to 60,000
• Non-UK resident individuals, trusts, personal representatives and narrowly controlled companies are now subject to Capital Gains Tax on gains accruing on the disposal of UK residential property
• Capital Gains Tax annual exemption amount has increased to 11,100
• The Capital Gains Tax charge on disposals of properties liable to ATED extends to cover residential properties worth 1 million - 2 million
• The requirement that 70% of Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme money must be spent before EIS or VCT funding can be raised is removed
• The Fuel Benefit Charge multiplier for both cars and vans increases by RPI
• The Van Benefit Charge increases by RPI - in 2015-16 the Van Benefit Charge rate paid by zero emission vans is 20% of the rate paid by conventionally fuelled vans
• Tax Credit payments are stopped in-year where, due to a change in circumstances, a claimant has already received their full annual entitlement

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