The freezing of the Personal Allowance at £12,570 could see more pensioners paying tax this year
More than 11,500 people from across Great Britain have signed an online petition calling on the UK Government to “introduce a Bill to remove income tax on the State Pension”, which means it has now passed the signature threshold and is due an official response.
Petition creator Ray Crawford argues people like himself are “penalised by the UK Government and HM Revenue and Customs by paying income tax on our State Pension because we have either workplace or private pension schemes to support us in later life”. “Most UK pensioners have worked for decades and most have paid their taxes to the Government of the day. Why in our latter years do we have to pay these taxes? We don’t pay National Insurance unless we continue to work.
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