Income tax

Changes to income tax that came into effect over the weekend will make work pay, according to Lib Dem minister Danny Alexander.

BUDGET 2013

MPs may be forced to debate a controversial plan to halt age-related tax allowances - a move dubbed a ‘granny tax' - after an online petition opposing it garnered almost 100,000 signatures.

Labour will re-introduce a 10p starting rate of tax if it wins the next general election, paid for by a new ‘mansion tax' on £2m properties, Ed Miliband said today.

Britain's highest earners are shouldering an increasing share of the UK's income tax burden, as coalition government policies take more people out of paying the tax, according to figures released by HMRC.

The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) has made a range of recommendations in a bid to make tax simpler for Britain's pensioners.

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AUTUMN STATEMENT

A plan to merge National Insurance (NI) with income tax would increase wages, create jobs and help reduce costs, business leaders have said.

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