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UK - Increased tax rate reduces tax revenues
 No real surprise here. The same thing happened in the UK in the 1960s and 1970s.The Treasury received £10.35 billion in income tax payments from those paying by self-assessment last month, a drop of £509 million compared with January 2011. Most other taxes produced higher revenues over the same period. Senior sources said that the first official figures indicated that there had been "manoeuvring" by well-off Britons to avoid the new higher rate. The figures will add to pressure on the Coalition to drop the levy amid fears it is forcing entrepreneurs to relocate abroad. Posted by: Phil_B 2012-02-22 |
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