The move is a bid to trump Chancellor Gordon Brown who is rumoured to be planning to cut the
basic rate of tax.
Even as a
basic rate taxpayer the return would be in excess of 9% per annum.
A
basic rate taxpayer would pay 33 per cent less for a computer, and in the case of a pounds 1,500 computer, it would represent a saving of pounds 495.
If you earn PS30,000 a year, which means you're a
basic rate taxpayer, and your partner earns PS8,000 a year and so is a non-rate taxpayer, your household could be PS250 better off.
The thing is, because Middlesbrough's special responsibility allowances are calculated as multiples of the basic allowance, any increase in the
basic rate would see the special responsibility rates rise accordingly.
For
basic rate taxpayers, no further relief is available on pension contributions paid but for those liable to 40% tax, broadly where gross income exceeds PS46,350, a further 20% tax relief could be obtained.
This is a bit bizarre as all
basic rate taxpayers can earn PS1,000 of interest a year without paying tax on it.
For 2020 and 2021, the MWSS allowed Maynilad to raise further the
basic rate by P1.95 per cu.
Unite's Bev Clarkson said: "Sainsbury's has announced its intention of increasing the
basic rate of pay to PS9.20 per hour from September 2018.
Tory finance spokesman Murdo Fraser said SNP figures promised 53 times not to put up the
basic rate.
Interest earned on banks and building society accounts is no longer paid net of tax, but instead a PSA will apply, which allows
basic rate taxpayers to earn PS1,000 in interest tax-free and higher rate taxpayers PS500, while additional rate taxpayers do not have any allowance.