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Income tax: Tax Rates and Bands

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 8 June 2026UIN 4146

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the answer of 17 March 2026, to Question 119055, on Income Tax: Tax Rates and Bands, whether any estimate has been made of the potential impact on tax revenue as a consequence of the 60 per cent tax due to (a) diversion of income into pensions and (b) employees not taking a promotion, (c) employees not working extra hours.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson

The Office for Budget Responsibility is the government's official independent forecaster responsible for assessing the UK economic and fiscal outlook including the impacts of government policy. This incorporates judgements about behavioural responses to the tax system.

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