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