{"id":6744,"date":"2014-01-27T02:49:18","date_gmt":"2014-01-26T19:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/labours-50p-tax-rate-what-you-need-to-know\/"},"modified":"2016-03-04T09:06:48","modified_gmt":"2016-03-04T02:06:48","slug":"labours-50p-tax-rate-what-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/labours-50p-tax-rate-what-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Labour&#039;s 50p tax rate: what you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nQ&amp;A: how much tax would top earners pay under Ed Balls&#8217;s proposals, and how much would be raised?To help rescue the UK&#8217;s finances after the financial crisis, in 2010 the previous Labour administration introduced an additional tax rate of 50% of earnings above \u00a3150,000. The current government cut that to 45p in the pound with effect from April last year. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2014\/jan\/26\/labour-50p-tax-rate-what-you-need-to-know\" target=\"_blank\">Labour&#8217;s 50p tax rate: what you need to know<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Q&amp;A: how much tax would top earners pay under Ed Balls&#8217;s proposals, and how much&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-1KM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1332,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/budget-saving-scheme-for-low-earners-scrapped\/","url_meta":{"origin":6744,"position":0},"title":"Budget: saving scheme for low earners scrapped","date":"June 24, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Treasury slams the door on Labour's Saving Gateway which aimed to give 50p boost for every pound savedThe government has quietly scrapped one of Labour's flagship initiatives to encourage Britain's financially excluded people to save.The Saving Gateway, a scheme designed to encourage those on a low income to save\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":73569,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/tony-blair-backs-labours-land-value-tax-to-tackle-housing-crisis\/","url_meta":{"origin":6744,"position":1},"title":"Tony Blair backs Labour\u2019s \u2018land value tax\u2019 to tackle housing crisis","date":"December 3, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Endorsement of controversial measure is seen as attempt by former prime minister to re-engage with British politicsTony Blair is backing one of the most controversial measures raised in Labour\u2019s last manifesto, by supporting a new \u201cland value tax\u201d designed to help solve the housing crisis.The former prime minister said\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":56068,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/labours-finance-tax-will-hit-pensioners-warns-ifs\/","url_meta":{"origin":6744,"position":2},"title":"Labour\u2019s finance tax will hit pensioners, warns IFS\u00a0","date":"May 26, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r \r \r Source : telegraph.co.uk\r Read more...Labour\u2019s finance tax will hit pensioners, warns IFS\u00a0","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2907,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/sweden-where-tax-goes-up-to-60-per-cent-and-everybodys-happy-paying-it\/","url_meta":{"origin":6744,"position":3},"title":"Sweden: Where tax goes up to 60 per cent, and everybody&#039;s happy paying it","date":"November 16, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The British want taxes kept low, but Gwladys Fouch\u00e9 discovers that in Sweden high rates underpin a successful societyPolitical parties have been vying to offer the biggest tax cuts as the credit crunch tightens its grip on Britain. 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