The reality is that
the middle income tax payer is actually the highest taxed sector in relative terms, so why on earth, even if you want to raise taxes, would you go after the «squeezed middle» yet again?
Not exact matches
Also, don't forget that the 50p rate was never a LibDem policy or priority, but increasing the
tax free allowance to # 10k for people on low to
middle incomes was a key manifesto commitment (higher rate
tax payers get less of an increase + those earning over # 100k get no
tax free allowance).
«People who are very wealthy, particularly
payers of capital gains
tax, people on very high
incomes who get substantial
income relief under the
income tax system should pay more, in order that poorer people and indeed people on
middle incomes are lifted out of
tax altogether.»
When the cut to child benefit for higher rate
tax payers takes affect in 2013, it is clear many
middle to high
income earners will lose out.
(1) it accepts the view that solutions based upon self - help, pro bono, and «greater use of technology,» can be good enough replacements for lawyers, for people who are not rich, which amounts to saying that «two - tier justice» is good enough for
middle and low -
income people (being the majority of the population, and
tax payers financing the justice system), even though such is therefore probably unconstitutional;
The recent announcements made inbudget 2016indicate that while the budget certainly proves to be a relief to the poor and low
income tax payers, no significant changes have been made for the
middle -
income salaried class.