Tag: tax threshold
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Income tax threshold freeze could push half a million pensioners into tax
What the threshold freeze means for pensioners The government’s plan to freeze the income tax thresholds is set to keep the same personal allowance and basic-rate band values in real terms for several more years. In plain terms, that means the amount of earnings and pension income that escapes tax won’t grow with inflation. As…
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Income Tax Threshold Freeze Could Push Half a Million Pensioners into Tax
Overview The upcoming Budget is under pressure to address how changes to the income tax system could affect millions of households. New analysis suggests that extending the freeze on income tax thresholds, a policy that keeps the point at which people begin paying tax unchanged for several years, could pull as many as half a…
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‘Damage has been done’: Farming community responds to rumours of an inheritance tax U-turn
What the whispers say about the inheritance tax on farms As the budget looms more than six weeks away, speculation swirls around potential tweaks to the inheritance tax (IHT) reforms first unveiled last year. Reports from Whitehall have suggested the threshold for IHT could rise from £1 million to £5 million, with a staggering £10…