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Government maintains income tax thresholds

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Autumn budget 2022: The government will maintain the current freeze on income tax personal allowance and higher-rate tax thresholds until April 2028. Chancellor of the exchequer Jeremy Hunt told the House of Commons that personal tax thresholds, including income tax, will be frozen for further two years until 2028.

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Spring Budget 2024: National insurance contribution (NIC) rate cut to 8%

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This means that a person on the average wage now has the lowest effective personal tax rate since 1975. According to Spring Budget documents, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has forecast that the latest reduction means the total hours worked will increase by the equivalent of almost 100,000 full-time workers by 2028-29.

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Lee McIntyre-Hamilton: Changes to national insurance and the impact on employment

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Furthermore, the cut must be viewed in the context of a creeping counterbalance known as fiscal drag, caused by the government’s freeze in the tax and NIC thresholds until April 2028. Until the 2022/23 tax year, governments have normally increased the tax and NIC thresholds annually.

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Government maintains national insurance contributions freeze

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Chancellor of the exchequer Jeremy Hunt told the House of Commons in his autumn budget that the freeze would continue to April 2028. “A lower tax regime keeps unemployment low, maximises government receipts through income tax and corporation tax.

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Fiscal drag: how can employers offset the challenges of a difficult economy?

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The frozen tax thresholds could see some employees ‘dragged’ into paying more tax and have less disposable income as a result. In his Autumn Statement last November, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt extended the freeze on national insurance (NI) and income tax rate thresholds until April 2028.

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Speed up warranty claims with secure virtual payments

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Notice 2024-02: IRS Offers Guidance on (Some) SECURE 2.0 Questions

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Employer Reporting : Matching and nonelective Roth contributions are not treated as wages for purposes of FICA and FUTA taxes. Distributions to Terminally Ill Individuals Early distributions from retirement plans are subject to a 10% additional tax, unless they qualify for an exception.

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