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Is this Britain's most taxed NHS doctor? A 46-year-old doctor working for the NHS was handed a £125k pension tax bill, The Daily Telegraph reports.  The paediatrician, who was given the bill for the 2017-18 tax year, offers an example of UK doctors' issues with taper taxes on excess pension savings.  "I'm paying nearly 80% of my salary on tax - I've worked for the NHS for free," he says. "I'm in the red and I think I am the highest-taxed NHS doctor for pension growth." Dr Nicholas Grundy, of campaign group GP Survival, argues it is a ridiculous situation where the doctor would ha...

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