Change UK manifesto

[Zigenare]

Erm, the intention is to rob more money from soft targets - pensioners

Explain please, for those of us that don't speak/molest squirrel(s)

[jamesbrown]

Who gives a feck what they put in their manifesto? Few or none of them are going to be MPs after the next election.

[AtW]

All dividends are paid to shareholders. Most shares are owned by pension funds.
Sounds like an unintended consequence to me.

Erm, the intention is to rob more money from soft targets - pensioners

[Lance]

“Here are three Labourish proposals.

1) Raising the tax rate on dividend income to the same level as the tax on regular income, raising £5.9bn.”

Leadsom announces Commons business for next week without including new Brexit vote - live news | Politics | The Guardian

Obviously corp tax won’t go to zero in this case

All dividends are paid to shareholders. Most shares are owned by pension funds.
Sounds like an unintended consequence to me.

[AtW]

Very odd nobody, even Old Liebor does not suggest to tax dividends paid to non-resident people/legal entities, that's a load of crap - zero tax on dividends paid to offshores and massive taxation on people who live here

[Old Greg]

“Here are three Labourish proposals.

1) Raising the tax rate on dividend income to the same level as the tax on regular income, raising £5.9bn.”

This is how it works in Ireland. However one man band contractors can use the equivalent of sole trader NIC rates.

[AtW]

“Here are three Labourish proposals.

1) Raising the tax rate on dividend income to the same level as the tax on regular income, raising £5.9bn.”

Leadsom announces Commons business for next week without including new Brexit vote - live news | Politics | The Guardian

Obviously corp tax won’t go to zero in this case