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Income tax

  • Wednesday, 15 April, 2026
    Tax
    Taxpayers urged to claim PAYE refunds before window closes

    Individuals who overpaid tax have four years to reclaim it

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  • Tuesday, 31 March, 2026
    US politics & policy
    In the age of AI, the US must rethink the taxation of labour and capital

    As the population ages and technology disrupts the economy, young workers are carrying a disproportionate tax burden

    Sheila Bair
    Illustration of Elon Musk sitting on the higher end of a seesaw balanced on a stack of coins. On the lower end sits a female bartender
  • Wednesday, 25 March, 2026
    UK tax
    There is a solution to the income tax ‘cliff edge’

    The way in which the UK system sees rates rise and then fall as income increases is indefensible

    Dan Neidle
    Three junior doctors in blue scrubs walk together in a hospital corridor, discussing a case. An older person sits nearby watching them pass.
  • Saturday, 7 March, 2026
    UK tax
    Tax ‘cliff edges’ remove incentive to work, save and invest, say finance experts

    Effective marginal tax rates discourage higher earners from pursuing career advancement

    Crowds of people sit on steps along The Queen's Walk enjoying lunch in sunny weather, with Tower Bridge visible in the background.
  • Saturday, 28 February, 2026
    Tax
    Why is HMRC making tax so diabolical?

    April’s Making Tax Digital launch will instead Make Tax Difficult

    Claer Barrett
    A woman at a laptop with papers strewn across her desk
  • Saturday, 24 January, 2026
    UK student loans discontent grows
    Will student loans be the next mis-selling scandal?

    Graduates are in uproar about Budget changes to loan repayment terms, and they have a point

    Claer Barrett
    Montage image of a graduate facing a dark spiral with a cash background
  • Saturday, 17 January, 2026
    Tax
    More than 5.5mn people in UK overpay tax to HMRC

    Payslip errors and complex rules blamed for £3.5bn in overpayments

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  • Wednesday, 7 January, 2026
    Insight & Comment
    Who pays the most tax?

    The UK tax system is an irrational mess, but that suits the politicians

    Jonathan Guthrie
    A man in suit falls over a high bar as coins spill to the tax collector below
  • Monday, 1 December, 2025
    UK tax
    Starmer admits he planned to break manifesto pledge on income tax

    PM defends last week’s Budget and says ‘there was no misleading’ about economic forecasts

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  • Saturday, 29 November, 2025
    Personal Finance
    A tax on ambition: what Gen Z thinks of the Budget

    The real losers from Rachel Reeves’ financial statement were not the wealthy, but those on the way to wealth

    Illustration of an arm holding open the red Budget box while objects spill out including a house, a jar of coins, an ice cube and a calculator
  • Saturday, 29 November, 2025
    Insight & Comment
    Fill your boots before Budget tax changes kick in

    Three money moves for higher earners to consider

    Claer Barrett
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  • Friday, 28 November, 2025
    UK Autumn Budget 2025
    Labour will not tax state pension for those with no other earnings

    Move reduces impact on older voters of this week’s decision to freeze thresholds

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  • Friday, 28 November, 2025
    UK Autumn Budget 2025
    Salary sacrifice shake-up: what it means for staff and employers

    From 2029, workers will only be able to pay £2,000 into the scheme and receive tax relief

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  • Wednesday, 26 November, 2025
    UK Autumn Budget 2025
    Freezing of income tax thresholds to drag millions into higher rates

    Experts condemn ‘tax rise by stealth’ for many, including minimum wage earners and pensioners

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  • Wednesday, 26 November, 2025
    Final salary schemes
    Millions face lower pensions after salary sacrifice changes

    Cap on national insurance relief set to raise £4.7bn in 2029-30 and £2.6bn in 2030-31

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  • Wednesday, 26 November, 2025
    UK Autumn Budget 2025
    A horrid Budget for the ‘Henrys’

    Tax squeeze set to hit higher-earning young professionals at key point in their careers

    Claer Barrett
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  • Wednesday, 26 November, 2025
    UK Autumn Budget 2025
    Budget calculator: How will Reeves’ tax changes affect your money?

    Use the FT’s interactive tool to understand how a further freeze to personal tax thresholds could affect you

    Rachel Reeves holds a budget box in front of a stylised fiscal drag visualisation with tax band labels.
  • Wednesday, 26 November, 2025
    UK Autumn Budget 2025
    What the Budget means for your money

    New policies affect taxes, pensions, council tax and savings

  • Wednesday, 26 November, 2025
    UK Autumn Budget 2025
    UK savers and investors hit by Budget tax raid

    Tax on dividends and savings will rise in unexpected move

    Stacks of one-pound coins in front of British £5 and £10 banknotes.
  • Saturday, 22 November, 2025
    Insight & Comment
    Brace yourselves for a Budget doomed to failure

    Smorgasbord of tax rises is riskier for chancellor, our personal finances and the UK economy

    Claer Barrett
    Montage of the red Budget box, a pair of shears, and upward arrows
  • Friday, 21 November, 2025
    UK Autumn Budget 2025
    UK Budget’s pensions tax raid to raise over £3bn

    Expected move by chancellor Rachel Reeves next week faces strong pushback from businesses

  • Thursday, 20 November, 2025
    UK Autumn Budget 2025
    Explainer. What would a Budget extension to the freeze in tax thresholds mean?

    Rachel Reeves expected to prolong ‘stealth’ tax policy first introduced under previous Conservative government

    £1 coins in various sizes against a red background
  • Friday, 14 November, 2025
    UK tax
    One in four to pay UK higher rate of tax if thresholds stay frozen, research shows

    Extending the freezes beyond 2028 would raise £8.3bn in 2029-30, estimates Institute for Fiscal Studies

    Chancellor Rachel Reeves speaks with a group of students in blue coveralls during a visit to Coleg Menai Llangefni.
  • Wednesday, 12 November, 2025
    Pensions
    Please Rachel, don’t sacrifice workers’ pensions

    Dismembering salary sacrifice is a short-sighted tax grab that will accelerate the UK’s retirement savings crisis

    Claer Barrett
    Rachel Reeves stands at a podium labeled ‘Renew Britain’ while speaking at the Labour party conference
  • Saturday, 8 November, 2025
    UK Autumn Budget 2025
    Reeves’ salary sacrifice tax hit could dent savers’ confidence, experts warn

    Treasury plan to cap relief on pension contributions is set to raise £2bn a year

    Rachel Reeves is shown in front of a stylized background featuring UK £10 banknotes and graphic chart elements.
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