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ISAs

Maximise your savings and investments with an ISA and earn interest tax-free.

Save or invest tax-free

For the 2023/2024 tax year, you can save or invest up to £20,000 tax-free in an ISA.

Build a nest egg

Saving a little and often can build up over the years. Money saved in previous years stay tax-free.

Get into a habit

ISAs are popular for many savers and investors. Start putting money aside for the things you love.

Tax-free means the interest paid will be free from UK Income Tax. The tax advantages depend on your individual circumstances and the tax treatment of your ISA may change in the future.


Compare ISAs

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Cash ISA Saver

Instant access to your money

  • The interest rate you get depends on how much money you have in your account
  • Currently paying from 1.60% tax-free/AER (variable) including a fixed introductory bonus of 0.20% for 12 months
  • Open from £1
  • Instant access with no charge for withdrawals
  • Introductory bonus for first year

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Save Well Limited Access ISA

A higher rate if you don't make a withdrawal

  • Open from £1 
  • Less interest is paid when you make a withdrawal
  • 1 year term 
  • Earn 3.68%/3.75% tax-free/AER variable in the months you don't make a withdrawal, or 0.49%/0.50% tax-free/AER (variable) when you do make a withdrawal

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Fixed Rate Cash ISA

Put your money away for a set time

  • Open from £1 
  • 18 month, 2 year and 3 year terms 
  • Earn up to 4.40% Tax Free / 4.50% AER (fixed) interest rate (for a 18 Month Fixed Rate Cash ISA). Withdrawal charges apply

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Junior Cash ISA

For children under 18

  • Open from £1 
  • No withdrawals until aged 18
  • Converts to a Cash ISA Saver when the child turns 18
  • Earn 3.65% tax-free/AER variable

Transferring your ISA

Cash ISAs will take no more than 15 working days to transfer. Stocks and Shares ISA or Innovative Finance ISAs will take no more than 30 days to transfer. To transfer an Innovative Finance ISA you will need to pop into a branch. You cannot transfer a Lifetime ISA to us.

Open an ISA with us.

Complete and return our online ISA transfer form.

We'll ask your existing provider to transfer your money to us.

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Savings guides

ISAs in a nutshell

Find out what ISAs are, what makes them tax-efficient, who can open one, plus more.

Types of savings accounts

Do you know your ISAs from your JISAs? Or perhaps you want to know what an instant access account or fixed bond accounts are.

Financial Services Compensation Scheme

Your savings are protected under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme. The scheme protects up to £85,000 (or £85,000 each for joint account holders - £170,000 altogether) of the deposits in your TSB savings and current accounts.

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Popular questions

An ISA (Individual Savings Account) is a tax efficient way to save or invest. Unlike other savings accounts you don’t pay tax on money held in an ISA, regardless of your balance or how much income tax you pay.

The government sets an allowance for each tax year which states the maximum you can save tax-free. Each tax year runs from 6 April to 5 April the following year. The ISA allowance for the 2023/2024 tax year is £20,000 and £9,000 for Junior Cash ISAs.

  • Cash ISAs will take no more than 15 working days to transfer.

  • Stocks and Shares ISA or innovative finance ISAs will take no more than 30 days to transfer. To transfer an innovative finance ISA you will need to pop into branch.

  • You cannot transfer a Lifetime ISA to us.

Remember, if you withdraw money from a previous ISA with another provider, you will need to replace the withdrawn money before you transfer it to us. Otherwise you will no longer be able to repay that money in to your ISA, and it won't be tax-free.

You must be a UK resident and 16 years old or over to open a Cash ISA. Under 18s can apply for a Junior Cash ISA.

If you already have an existing TSB Cash ISA, you can top it up via:

  • Internet Banking - select the account you want to make the payment from and then select "Make a transfer"
  • Mobile banking app – tap “Move money” and then follow the steps
  • Telephone Banking (automated service) - when prompted, say or select “transfer money”. View our guide to Telephone Banking
  • In a branch

Some customers may be prevented initially from adding money to their existing cash ISAs from 6 April. This is due to the Government’s requirement to request that customers agree a new ISA declaration if they did not add money to their cash ISA in the previous tax year. It’s easy to reactivate your cash ISA. Simply log in to Internet Banking, select the cash ISA you want to add money into, click reactivate and follow the online instructions.

If you have a Fixed Rate Cash ISA that’s coming to an end, then there are a few options that you can pick from. Visit our Fixed Rate Cash ISA maturity page.

Please visit our account closure page for more information.

If your ISA provider isn't listed in the dropdown list of TSB's ISA transfer form, this means we cannot accept your ISA transfer instruction using this method. If you want to continue to transfer your ISA to TSB, please download, print and complete the ISA Transfer Authority form.

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Important Information

The Annual Equivalent Rate (AER) shows what the interest would be if the interest was paid and added to the account once each year. It lets you compare savings accounts easily. Gross rate means that credit interest is paid without income tax being deducted. Tax-free is the contractual rate of interest payable where interest is exempt from income tax.

Tax-free means the interest paid will be free from UK Income Tax. The tax advantages depend on your individual circumstances and the tax treatment of your ISA may change in the future.