Income tax
Tax Planning
Many middle-class professionals are paying an income tax rate of 60% as a result of a little-understood policy introduced by the last Labour government which affects more than 500,000 people, a leading economist has warned.
14 May 2014
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Economics / Markets
George Osborne has denied ‘insulting' middle-class voters by claiming that making them pay higher tax rates is ‘good for them' because it makes them feel successful - and more likely to back the Tories.
17 March 2014
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Tax Planning
More than a million extra middle-income workers will have been dragged into the 40p tax bracket by next year because of George Osborne's plans to boost income for the low-paid.
12 March 2014
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Tax Planning
A higher threshold for income tax will be the Liberal Democrats' top priority at next month's Budget, deputy Prime Minster Nick Clegg will say today.
10 February 2014
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Tax Planning
Chief secretary to the Treasury - and Liberal Democrat - Danny Alexander has ruled out a further cut to the top rate of income tax before next year's general election.
05 February 2014
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Tax Planning
Ed Balls has dismissed claims that Labour's plan to reintroduce the 50p top rate of tax is part of an "anti-business agenda" and said the move would be temporary.
26 January 2014
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Tax Planning
Nick Clegg has said he is pushing his Tory coalition partners to agree to cut income tax bills by another £100.
18 November 2013
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