Tax and your partner
- Tax rules for marriage, civil partnerships and cohabiting
- Blind person's allowance for couples
- Working families and tax credits for people with partners
- How your investments are treated when you're married, in a civil partnership or cohabiting
What's in this guide
Married couples, civil partners and cohabiting
Spouses and civil partners may get some benefits and tax breaks not available to cohabiting couples
Blind person’s allowance
If one partner or spouse is blind or has severely impaired sight then you may be able to claim an additional allowance
Your investments
You can save tax by transferring investments from a higher rate taxpayer to a partner who pays at a lower rate
Tax credits
Means-tested benefits designed to provide extra money for people bringing up children, workers with a disability or workers on lower incomes