Wages, pension, profits, rent: not interest

The money you could keep in an ISA

Same rate in both accounts

More: other interest, Scotland, Gift Aid and pension

From accounts you keep outside ISAs

Relief-at-source contributions only

A cash ISA saves you, from April 2027

£44a year

£40 in 2026/27 · interest £1,200 a year

2026/27 / 2027/28
Your allowance on savings£1,000 / £1,000
Interest at 0 % (allowances)£1,000 / £1,000
Tax in a taxable account£40.00 / £44.00
Tax in the cash ISA£0.00 / £0.00
Interest you keep, taxable account£1,160 / £1,156
Line by line, 2027/28
Interest at 0 % (allowances)£1,000
Taxed at 22 %£200
Tax in a taxable account£44.00
Tax in the cash ISA£0.00

From 6 April 2027 you can pay at most £12,000 a year into cash ISAs if you are 64 or under on 5 April 2028; money already inside stays tax free.

How this is calculatedRates from the Finance Act 2026. Dividends and foreign interest are not included.

ISA Sums · tax on savings interest, 2026/27 and 2027/28, worked out in your browser