5Basic rate limit and personal allowance for tax years 2026-27 and 2027-28U.K.
(1)Section 5 of the Finance Act 2021 (basic rate limit and personal allowance for tax years up to 2025-26) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (1) (which specifies the basic rate limit in section 10(5) of the Income Tax Act 2007 as £37,700 for tax years up to 2025-26), for “and 2025-26” substitute “, 2025-26, 2026-27 and 2027-28”.
(3)In subsection (2) (which specifies the personal allowance in section 35(1) of the Income Tax Act 2007 as £12,570 for tax years up to 2025-26), for “and 2025-26” substitute “, 2025-26, 2026-27 and 2027-28”.
(4)In subsection (3) (which makes consequential provision preventing the uprating of those amounts for the affected tax years), in the words after paragraph (b), for “and 2025-26” substitute “, 2025-26, 2026-27 and 2027-28”.