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2024-04-27 11:37:43 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: ABDEEC1A9010FEC6BAA05285C069991F8BF005BA4ED88D541F0F181C0CDA6DE1
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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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