Our first priority to target gains more directly on low to middle income households would have been to reverse £1.6bn of cuts to working tax credits about to hit this April. But instead, the personal allowance measure has at least been targeted on basic rate tax payers with gains to higher rate taxpayers restricted to make it less regressive and less expensive than otherwise would have been the case. In cash terms the increase on average benefits those in income deciles 7, 8 & 9 most and of the overall cost 70% of the benefit goes to the top half of the income distribution (see chart below). So while the impact is still regressive overall, it is more progressive than this year's increase to the personal allowance which fully benefits basic and higher rate tax payers.
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