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Type: IFS Briefing Notes Authors: Robert Chote and Carl Emmerson
The Government's decision on 13 May 2008 to increase the personal income tax allowance by £600 and to reduce the effective upper rate threshold by the same amount for 2008-09 is estimated to cost £2.7 billion (just under 0.2% of national income). The Chancellor, Alistair Darling, told the House of Commons: "I am able to finance this proposal through borrowing this year, ensuring that we do not take money out of the economy at this time."
The Government maintains that the tax cut:
This note briefly assesses these claims. Search |
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