Income Tax

[Slogger]

My wife is a non-tax payer - can I claim some of her allowance? If so - how do I proceed? We are both Senior Citizens.

[Peter Pedant]

as a non tax specialist

No you have to send her out to work....
or assign her your non pension income - from shares or rent ( if you are a landlord)

You may bethinking of : married couples allowance - hangover from the good old days when husbands and wives were taxed together - but you have to be born before 1935
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/incometax/married-allow.htm
ie pretty damn old

[dzug2]

There's an article in personal finance with some more comprehensive answers:

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Business-and-Finance/Personal-Finance/Question1323099.html

if the link works.

[Peter Pedant]

but as for transferring her personal allowance - that is the one that has just gone up to £ 10 500
you cant

[Peter Pedant]

oops ! I must stop answering these questions
You may be able to .... see

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Business-and-Finance/Personal-Finance/Question1323099.html