Income Tax: Tax Rates and Bands

(asked on 17th December 2014) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to increase the income tax personal allowance to £13,500.


Answered by
David Gauke Portrait
David Gauke
This question was answered on 5th January 2015

The Government announced at Autumn Statement 2014 that the Personal Allowance would be increased to £10,600 from April 2015. This will be legislated for in the 2015 Finance Bill.

Any changes to the Personal Allowance and income tax thresholds will be set out at future fiscal events

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