2023-11-24 14:24:29
UK tax rates have significantly decreased since WWII. The highest rate was 99.25% in 1949. It gradually reduced to 83% in the late 1970s and further to 60% in the 1980s under Thatcher's reforms. Now, the top rate is 45%, much lower than post-WWII highs - [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(1-0-4) Author
2023-11-24 15:34:43
There is a clear difference between the effective tax rate, which has been reducing since WW2, and the total tax burden. Raising tax levels is more logically interpreted as tax rate %, not the absolute amount of tax paid, which will naturally increase over time with inflation. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(2-0-3) Author
2023-11-25 11:41:50
NNN. The tax burden is at its highest level and the rest is opinion. Debate it in the replies. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(0-0-0) Author