MSE News: Scottish income tax shake-up - how what you pay will change 15 December 2017 at 2:28PM edited 30 November -1 at 1:00AM in Cutting Tax 22 replies 5.4K views

Former_MSE_Megan_F

The Scottish Government has announced changes to income tax bands which could see some middle earners pay more tax from next April...

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'Scottish income tax shake-up - how what you pay will change'

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One-Eye

no-one earning less than £33,000 will pay any more in tax than they do now

Although mathematically true it relies on fiscal drag. It is misleading and ignores the effect of increasing the personal allowance to £11850 in the rest of the UK. A more realistic statement is:

"Everyone earning over £26,000 will pay more tax than they would in England"

Doesn't sound so good does it.

One-Eye

Table showing effect of the proposals

SALARY....... TAX .......... TAX ............ TAX
.......... UK 17/18 ... Scotland 18/19 ... England 18/19
15000 ....... 700 .......... 610 ............ 630
20000 ...... 1700 ......... 1610 ........... 1630
26000 ...... 2900 ......... 2830 ........... 2830
30000 ...... 3700 ......... 3670 ........... 3630
33000 ...... 4300 ......... 4300 ........... 4230
40000 ...... 5700 ......... 5770 ........... 5630

VT82

The tiny 19% band is a waste of time, and has purely been put in so they can fudge the numbers this time round.

The fact that they increased the higher rate from 45% to 46%, nowhere near even the 50% it was under the last Labour government, shows that despite showing all the signs of being fervently left-wing, even the SNP realise that the politics of envy against the well off is stupid when it comes to the crunch. I hope Labour take note.

Allan_frae_Fife

like most things in life, there is cost and there is value

veryintrigued

Is the rest of the UK saddled with the cost of ensuring the HMRCs systems can cope with this change?

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veryintrigued wrote: »

Is the rest of the UK saddled with the cost of ensuring the HMRCs systems can cope with this change?

Is Scotland saddled with the cost of weapons of mass destruction and the Little Englander Brexit ?

veryintrigued

Heng_Leng wrote: »

Is Scotland saddled with the cost of weapons of mass destruction and the Little Englander Brexit ?

Am guessing that's a yes to my original question.

Dazed_and_confused

According to the national audit office the Scottish government pays. Guess the bill for 2018:19 might go up a little given how complicated they're intending to make it

https://www.nao.org.uk/press-release/scottish-rate-of-income-tax-2016-17/

Allan_frae_Fife

My understanding is that the Scottish Government has been/ continues to be responsible for both the cost of HMRC IT changes and additional administration costs relating to the SRIT.


I'm not sure whether the Welsh Assembly will have similar responsibilities in respect of the WRIT

Dazed_and_confused

Well Scotland better start saving up now for the 2018:19 bill!!