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Corporation Tax

Corporation tax rates

2026/27

2025/26

2024/25

Main rate 25% 25% 25%
Small profits rate 19% 19% 19%
Lower threshold £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Upper threshold £250,000 £250,000 £250,000
Marginal relief standard fraction 3/200ths 3/200ths 3/200ths

Corporation tax allowances and reliefs

2026/27

2025/26

2024/25

R&D intensive SME additional deduction 86% 86% 186%
R&D intensive SME payable credit rate 14.50% 14.50% 14.50%
R&D intensive SME intensity ratio threshold 30% 30% 30%
R&D expenditure credit 20% 20% 20%
Patent box 10% 10% 10%
Film tax relief 25% 25% 25% or 34%
Audio-visual and video game expenditure credit 34%, 39% or 53% 34%, 39% or 53% N/A
High-end TV tax relief 25% 25% 25% or 34%
Videogames tax relief 25% 25% 25% or 34%
Animation tax relief 25% 25% 25% or 39%
Children’s TV tax relief 25% 25% 25% or 39%
Open ended investment companies and authorised unit trusts 20% 20% 20%
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