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2024-04-26 09:16:53 UTC - SOMEWHAT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 56949010B6567D08C819261953C8B9E581943B646C470BA93902C53354BCC5D1
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Original Note:
The UK Treasury has been freezing the Personal Tax Allowance last year and this. Because inflation grows, in real terms the PTA is falling. That’s a tax rise commonly known as fiscal drag. It cancels out much of the National Insurance Cut. Explained here: https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-9687/CBP-9687.pdf
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