George Osborne’s ‘granny tax’ will hit new pensioners on a personal or occupational pension of just £67 a week, new research reveals today.
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George Osborne’s ‘granny tax’ will hit new pensioners on a personal or occupational pension of just £67 a week, new research reveals today.
The House of Commons Library (pdf) have calculated that, in order to be adversely affected by the changes to age related allowances announced in the budget (pdf):
• Those turning 65 after 5 April 2013 would need minimum additional taxable income of approximately £3,472 – £67 a week;
• People aged 65-74 on 5 April 2013 would need minimum additional taxable income of approximately £4,767 – £92 a week;
• People aged 75+ on 5 April 2013 would need minimum additional taxable income of approximately £4,927 – £95 a week.
The findings come ahead of a vote on the ‘granny tax’ in Parliament later today, with Labour putting pressure on Conservative and Liberal Democrat backbenchers to rebel. Last night, the government suffered reduced majorities in divisions on the ‘caravan tax’, ‘pasty tax’ and ‘church tax’.
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This morning, turning up the heat on the coalition over the tax, Richard Wilson, Joan Bakewell, Prunella Scales and Larry Lamb wrote an open letter to The Sun urging a rethink, while Labour’s London Mayoral candidate Ken Livingstone has written a letter (pdf) to every London MP calling on them to vote against.
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