Budget Dec 2012 - Higher Rate Tax Threshold 2013 Reduced
The current higher rate tax threshold, the level of income that you start paying income tax at 40% is currently £42,475.
It then marginally increases at below the inflation rate of 1% for the following two years.
This means that more than 300,000 extra people may start paying the higher level of income tax.
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