Petition

Raise personal allowance to ensure pensioners pay no tax on state pensions

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

its unfair that pensioners who only receive state pensions pay tax. we need a pensioner's personal allowance to ensure pensioners do not pay tax when the only income is a state pension
Pensioners work all their lives for a small state pension, taxing it is unfair

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

The following petition calls for a similar action:

Introduce new tax code for state pensioners with double the personal allowance
Introduce new tax code for state pensioners with double the personal allowance

Timeline

10 Oct 2025 Petition opened for signatures
13 Nov 2025 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 19
Status Rejected
Rejected 13 Nov 2025

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 8 Aug 2026.