personal allowance BrE
allowance BrE *
tax allowance BrE
personal exemption AmE

That would only work if the personal allowance was set at a much higher value.

The personal allowance is set to rise from £7,475 to £8,105 next April.

They asked that students "have at least $15 or $20 per month for personal allowance. "

Persons over 65 and 75 have an increased personal allowance.

Older people should check they are receiving their higher personal allowance.

The enhanced personal allowance will be increased in 2009-10 to £6475.

Everyone retains a personal allowance of at least £12.65 per week.

In both cases the number, when multiplied by 10, should give your personal allowance.

Certain residents are entitled to a larger personal allowance than others.

However, the new system identified problems such as personal allowances having been set against two sources of income.