Income tax threshold

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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]
• 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.^[4]
• Tax-free threshold in Australia, which was A$18,200 in 2012-13.^[5][6]
• Tax-free threshold in Greece, which was €9,545 in 2016.^[7]
• Tax-free threshold in Poland is 8000 PLN in 2021. Above 8000 PLN the tax-free becomes "tax-reduction" and decreases progressively ^[8]

See also[]

• Basic income guarantee
• Tax bracket
• Taxable income

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