Last month the party confirmed reports that funding - also including the proceeds of
restricting pension tax relief for high earners - was only in place for 2015/16.
We will fund this by a repeat of the tax on bank bonuses and by
restricting pension tax relief for the very highest earners to the same rate as the average taxpayer.
The Chancellor claims his decision today to
restrict pension tax relief will make the tax system fairer at the top.
Not exact matches
The party plans to make up the money by
restricting tax relief on
pension contributions to the basic rate,
taxing capital gains at marginal income
tax rates, allowing for indexation and retirement
relief, tackling stamp duty land
tax avoidance and corporation
tax avoidance and by subjecting benefits in kind to national insurance contributions as well as income
tax and applying national insurance to multiple jobs.
Whatever happened, for example, to the mansion
tax on properties worth more than # 2m or
restricting tax relief on
pensions to the basic rate of income
tax - both commitments included in the Liberal Democrat manifesto?
At the very least it must not be contemplated without revisiting the Liberal Democrats» other manifesto commitments for a mansions
tax and
restricting tax relief on
pensions to the basic rate of income
tax.
Recent CentreForum reports, «
Tax and the coalition» (pdf) and «A relief for some» (pdf), proposed limiting tax relief on contributions to pensions to the standard 20p rate and restricting the lump sum which can be taken tax - free on retirement to # 42,475 (the rate at which higher rate tax starts) rather than the current # 450,0
Tax and the coalition» (pdf) and «A
relief for some» (pdf), proposed limiting
tax relief on contributions to pensions to the standard 20p rate and restricting the lump sum which can be taken tax - free on retirement to # 42,475 (the rate at which higher rate tax starts) rather than the current # 450,0
tax relief on contributions to
pensions to the standard 20p rate and
restricting the lump sum which can be taken
tax - free on retirement to # 42,475 (the rate at which higher rate tax starts) rather than the current # 450,0
tax - free on retirement to # 42,475 (the rate at which higher rate
tax starts) rather than the current # 450,0
tax starts) rather than the current # 450,000.