The threshold is the threshold. If your income exceeds it, you have to pay tax – whether it's a pension or minimum wage from a zero-hours contract.
If it is so utterly unacceptable for the old dears to pay – then the tax-free threshold should increase for FUCKING ALL OF US.
@financialtimes.comUK state pension will surpass income tax threshold next year ft.trib.al/uQAB4Zh
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UK state pension will surpass income tax threshold next year
Some older people whose only income is the state pension will be paying income tax for the first time