Income Tax: Wales
The question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the number of people in Wales that would be moved into higher rates of tax as a result of freezing of tax thresholds by 2030.
Answered by Dan Tomlinson
The previous Government made the decision to maintain income tax thresholds at their current levels from April 2021 until April 2028.
The number of people forecast to pay tax by marginal rate can be found in Table 3.19 in the OBR’s November 2025 Economic and fiscal outlook – detailed forecast tables: receipts, linked below:
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