Kings Lynn Chartered Accountants & Business Advisers

Tax information: Useful rates, Thain Wildbur, Kings Lynn, Norfolk

		Weekly Benefit
		2010/11	2009/10
Basic Retirement Pension
Single person		£97.65	£95.25
Couple		£156.15	£152.30
Child Benefit
First eligible child		£20.30	£20.00
Each subsequent child		£13.40	£13.20
Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)
Average weekly earnings £97 or over (2009/10 £95)		£79.15	£79.15
Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP)
90% of average weekly pay		First 6 weeks	First 6 weeks
Maximum £124.88 (2009/10 £123.06). Minimum 90% average weekly pay		Next 33 weeks	Next 33 weeks
Minimum rate		£87.30	£85.50
Adoption Pay (SAP)		39 weeks	39 weeks
Paternity Pay (SPP)*		2 weeks	2 weeks
Both SAP and SPP
90% of average weekly pay		Max £124.88 Min £87.30	Max £123.06 Min £85.50
Example rates:
Jobseekers Allowance
Single person		£65.45	£64.30
Couple		£102.75	£100.95
National Minimum Wage		From 1 October 2010	From 1 October 2009
	22 and over**	£5.93 p.h.	£5.80 p.h.
	18 - 21**	£4.92 p.h.	£4.83 p.h.
	16 and 17	£3.64 p.h.	£3.57 p.h.
* Additional statutory paternity pay (ASPP) may be available on or after 3 April 2011. ** Those aged 21 and over are included in the main adult rate from 1 October 2010. Apprentice rate of £2.50 also introduced from this date, applying to apprentices under 19, or those 19 and over in the first year of apprenticeship.

Thain Wildbur
36-38 King Street
Kings Lynn
Norfolk
PE30 1ES

Tel: 01553 772680
Fax: 01553 769162
enquiries@thainwildbur.co.uk

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