Written Question·Treasury·UIN 37029

Income Tax and National Insurance Contributions

Tabled: 10 March 2025
Answered: 14 March 2025
Named Day

Question

Mr Peter Bedford

ConservativeMid Leicestershire

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has considered merging employee National Insurance Contributions and Income Tax.

Answer

James Murray
Merging income tax and National Insurance contributions would be a major upheaval in the tax system with consequences for the labour market and impacts for a large number of individuals and businesses. As such, the Government has no plans to combine incom...

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