Finance Bill — Clause 5 — Basic Rate Limit and Personal Allowance for 2019-20 and 2020-21 — 19 Nov 2018 at 19:30
The majority of MPs voted to increase the income thresholds for both starting to pay income tax, and for being charged income tax at the higher rate.
MPs were considering the Finance Bill[1]
The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
- That the clause stand part of the Bill.
The clause in question was clause 5[2] which set the the personal allowance, the amount of income someone can generally have before paying income tax, at £12,500 for 2019-20 and 2020-21 (it was £11,850 in 2018-19.[3])
Clause 5 also set the basic rate limit, the threshold below which taxable income is taxed at the basic rate, at £37,500 for 2019-20 and 2020-21 (it was £34,500 in 2018-19.[3])
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