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2024-04-26 17:56:18 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 9BE0E6175250FB5890E852287AF8C59C0DFD0F13370C3F4D988B287B9969E42C
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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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