Income tax threshold

The income tax threshold is the income level at which a person begins paying income taxes. ^[1] The income tax threshold equates to the:

• Personal allowance in the UK, which is £ 12,500 for 2019/20. ^[2]
• Basic allowance in Germany, which is € 9,408 in 2020. ^[3]
• Basic Marginal tax bracket (Grenzsteuersatz) in Austria, which is € 0 – € 13.308 in 2025. ^[4]
• Income tax threshold in France, which was € 6,088 in 2012.
• The standard deduction in the US, which was $ 12,000 in 2018 for a single person.
• Basic personal amount in Canada, which was C$ 11,809 in 2018. ^[5]
• Tax-free threshold in Brazil, which was R$ 33,888 in 2025. ^[6]
• Tax-free threshold in Australia, which was A$ 18,200 in 2023–24. ^{[7] [8]}
• Tax-free threshold in Greece, which was € 9,545 in 2016. ^[9]
• Tax-free threshold in Poland was 30,000 PLN in 2022. ^[10]

See also

• Basic income guarantee
• Tax bracket
• Taxable income
• Tax exemption

References

1. "Poverty and Income Tax Entry Threshold". www.taxpolicycenter.org. Archived from the original on 2011-09-26.
2. Information about Personal Allowance on gov.uk
3. Information on Basic Tax Allowance on make-it-in-germany.com
4. "Tarifstufen". www.usp.gv.at (in Austrian German). Retrieved 2025-07-07.
5. Agency, Government of Canada, Canada Revenue (23 January 2004). "2018 indexation adjustment for personal income tax and benefit amounts". www.cra-arc.gc.ca.
6. "Entrega do Imposto de Renda 2025 começa hoje, dia 17". Secretariat of Social Communication of Presidency of Brazil (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2025-03-17. Archived from the original on 2025-06-26. Retrieved 2025-06-26. Valor de rendimentos tributáveis anuais que obrigam a entrega da declaração subiu de R$ 30.639,90 para R$ 33.888
7. What is the tax-free threshold? Archived 2012-07-01 at the Wayback Machine
8. "Individual income tax rates". ato.gov.au. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2012-04-20.
9. "Tax-free threshold could be scrapped".
10. "Kwota wolna od podatku PIT 2022 | e-pity".