Higher rate tax relief should go
The UK goes head to head with high earners on tax relief
Messing with tax relief on pensions for high earners has not gone down well with some of the UK’s big savings organisations.
The FT today reports that the bosses at Legal & General and Friends Provident both claim that cutting tax relief might discourage saving. Alistair Darling announced in last month’s Budget that people earning more than £150,000 a year will be restricted to basic rate tax relief on contributions.
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