Non-taxable and taxable income

Income you will be taxed on

You pay tax on things like:

money you earn from employment
profits you make if you're self employed (including weekend trading and internet selling)
occasional 'cash in hand' work
some social security payments (for example, home carer's allowance)
most pensions including state pensions, company and personal pensions and retirement annuities
rental and lodging income
benefits in kind you get from your job
savings and investment income
dividend income

You don't pay tax on:

income support
incapacity allowance (short term and long term)
parental grant or parental allowance paid by social security
adoptive parent grant
food cost and cold weather bonus (paid by social security)
student finance
the 'boarding out allowance' (level 1) part of foster care payments
insolvency benefit paid by social security (only the part that does not relate to unpaid wages, holiday pay or pay in lieu of notice)
hospitality incentive paid to employees by social security (incentive payments made to employers are taxable)
wounds and disability pensions (in respect of service in the armed forces)
war widow's pension
old age pensioners' Christmas bonus (paid by social security or UK national insurance)
Channel Islands Co-operative Society dividends (but any interest is taxable)
national savings and investments (NS&I) premium bonds
lottery wins
capital gains (you sell something for more than you paid for it) unless you are trading
selling personal items at car boot sales unless you are regularly buying and selling with the intention of making a profit

Most people in Jersey get a tax exemption threshold. This is the amount of taxable income you can have before you pay tax.

The amount of tax you pay can also be reduced by other reliefs and deductions.