Income Tax

(asked on 4th November 2014) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in work did not pay any income tax as a result of changes to the personal allowance threshold in each of the last three financial years.


Answered by
David Gauke Portrait
David Gauke
This question was answered on 11th November 2014

By April 2013, the cumulative effect of the Government's increases in the personal allowance for those aged under 65 years (born after 5 April 1948 from 2013-14 tax year) since 2010-11 had taken 2.8 million people out of income tax liability.

The year on year growth over the three years requested is shown in the table attached.

Tax Year

Taken out of tax since 2010-11 by PA increases
(millions - cumulative)

2011-12

1.4

2012-13

1.7

2013-14

2.8

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