Income test questions

1

Amina has a taxable income of \(\pounds26\,000\).

How much income tax does she pay in a year at a tax rate of \(20\%\)?

2

Simon earns \(\pounds39\,000\) in a year. His tax allowance is \(\pounds10\,000\).

How much income tax does he pay in a year? (Tax rate \(20\%\)).

3

Susan earns \(\pounds32000\) in a year. Her tax allowance is \(\pounds10000\).

How much income tax does she pay in a month? (Tax rate \(20\%\)).

4

Frances earns \(\pounds49\,000\) in a year. Her tax allowance is \(\pounds10\,000\).

The tax rate is \(20\%\) up to a taxable income of \(\pounds32\,000\), after that it is \(40\%\) on the rest.

How much income tax does she pay in a year?

5

Ahmed earns \(\pounds28\,000\) in a year.

How much National Insurance does he have to pay in a month if the rate is \(12\%\)?

6

Jack earns \(\pounds16\,000\) in a year.

How much does he contribute to his pension plan in a month if the rate is \(6\%\)?

7

Carolyn’s gross pay is \(\pounds320\) per week. Her total deductions amount to \(\pounds105\).

What is her net pay per week?

8

Anne was busy at work one week and worked a total of \(52\;hours\).

She normally works \(36\; hours\) per week at a rate of \(\pounds5.60\) per hour.

Any extra hours are paid at time and a half. Find her pay for this week.

9

Sean earns \(\pounds9\,856\) per annum. He gets a \(5\%\) rise. Find his new wage.

10

A car mechanic is paid \(\pounds8.20\) per hour for a \(35 hour\) week.

Overtime is paid at time and a quarter on weekdays, time and a half on Saturdays and double time on Sundays.

Find his weekly pay if he works 5 hours overtime on weekdays, 8 hours on Saturday and 4 hours on Sunday.