UK Tax Year 2027-28: Starts 6 April 2027, and the Key HMRC Dates

The UK 2027-28 tax year starts on Tuesday 6 April 2027 and ends on Wednesday 5 April 2028, following the 6 April to 5 April pattern that GOV.UK shows for 2025-26 and 2026-27. This story applies the dates that GOV.UK and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) publish to that year, adds the weekday of each, and ends with a one-page printable.

When does the 2027-28 tax year start and end?

GOV.UK’s Self Assessment deadlines page says: “The last tax year started on 6 April 2025 and ended on 5 April 2026.” Its Income Tax rates page gives “from 6 April 2026 to 5 April 2027” for the current year. Moving the same pattern forward one year gives 6 April 2027 to 5 April 2028. GOV.UK has not published a page for 2027-28 itself that we read, so treat that span as the pattern applied, and check the April printable calendar for the weekday.

What HMRC dates fall between April 2027 and May 2028?

GOV.UK states most of these dates as a day and month, not a year. The table applies each rule to the next date it produces; for example, the 31 July payment on account falls in 2027 and the 31 January return falls in 2028. The weekday column is our calculation. We have not read an HMRC rule for dates that fall on a weekend, so check GOV.UK before relying on a Saturday or Sunday.

Date	Weekday	Who	What GOV.UK or HMRC says
6 April 2027	Tuesday	Sole traders and landlords	Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax extends to those earning more than £30,000
31 May 2027	Monday	Employers	“You must give your employees a P60 by 31 May.”
6 July 2027	Tuesday	Employers	Report expenses and benefits
22 July 2027	Thursday	Employers	Pay Class 1A National Insurance; 19 July (Monday) if paying by cheque
31 July 2027	Saturday	Individuals	Second payment on account
7 August 2027	Saturday	MTD users	Quarterly update for the period to 5 July
5 October 2027	Tuesday	Individuals	Tell HMRC if you need to complete a tax return for the previous year
22 October 2027	Friday	Employers	Pay a Pay As You Earn (PAYE) Settlement Agreement; 19 October (Tuesday) if paying by cheque
31 October 2027	Sunday	Individuals	HMRC must receive a paper return by 11:59pm
7 November 2027	Sunday	MTD users	Quarterly update for the period to 5 October
31 January 2028	Monday	Individuals	Online return and the Self Assessment tax, both by 11:59pm
7 February 2028	Monday	MTD users	Quarterly update for the period to 5 January
7 May 2028	Sunday	MTD users	Quarterly update for the period to 5 April

Sources: GOV.UK Self Assessment deadlines, payments on account, P60, employer expenses and benefits deadlines, and MTD quarterly updates pages, read 5 November 2026. The 31 January 2028 return and the 31 October 2027 paper deadline belong to the 2026-27 tax year. The 7 May 2028 update falls after the tax year ends.

The Self Assessment dates for the year that ends in April 2027 are in our Self Assessment deadline story, which also covers late penalties.

What changes on 6 April 2027?

Four things are dated to the start of the year, all from official pages.

Making Tax Digital for Income Tax. GOV.UK’s guidance, updated 26 March 2026, says people with income over £50,000 use it from 6 April 2026, people over £30,000 “will need to use it from 6 April 2027”, and people over £20,000 from 6 April 2028. HMRC’s 5 October 2026 news release says it “will extend to sole traders and landlords earning more than £30,000 from 6 April 2027.” GOV.UK’s quarterly update page ties each period to a date: to 5 July, send by 7 August; to 5 October, 7 November; to 5 January, 7 February; to 5 April, 7 May.

Cash Individual Savings Account (ISA) limit. An HMRC policy paper dated 17 September 2026 set out a cut of the cash ISA limit to £12,000 for savers under 65 from 6 April 2027. The Budget 2026 document, published on 28 October 2026, reverses it: “the government has decided not to reduce the cash ISA limit, so that it remains at £20,000.” Our UK Budget 2026 story covers the rest of that Budget. GOV.UK says the most you can save across ISAs in 2026-27 is £20,000; we found no page that states the overall 2027-28 figure.

Savings income rates. The Budget 2026 document says “the savings basic rate will be 24%, the savings higher rate will be 44%, and the savings additional rate will be 49%,” to be legislated in Finance Bill 2026-27 and to “take effect from 6 April 2027.” That adds two percentage points to the rise HMRC announced in November 2025, which would have set the rates at 22%, 42% and 47%.

Thresholds. The Personal Allowance of £12,570 and the basic rate limit of £37,700 are maintained until 5 April 2031, per the GOV.UK policy paper of 26 November 2025, so they stay the same through 2027-28.

What is the monthly PAYE payment date?

For employers who pay PAYE monthly, GOV.UK says payment is due “the 22nd of the next tax month”, and a cheque sent by post “must reach HMRC by the 19th of the month.” This is a rule for every month, so the table lists only the two employer dates that GOV.UK names with a month.

Printable UK tax year 2027-28 planner

The printable puts these dates in date order on one page, in columns for individuals, employers and MTD users, with a countdown to 5 April 2028 and boxes to tick. For the weeks around each date, the printable yearly calendar and the UK holiday list show the days.