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registered interest false more like this
date remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2017-06-21
answering body
HM Treasury remove filter
answering dept id 14 more like this
answering dept short name Treasury more like this
answering dept sort name CaTreasury more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text Her Majesty's Government what would be the fiscal impact each year, at current prices, if tax relief on higher-rate pension contributions was (1) abolished, or (2) reduced by 50 per cent. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Warner more like this
uin HL77 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-06-29more like thismore than 2017-06-29
answer text <p>An estimate of the fiscal impact of abolishing or halving the tax relief on higher-rate pensions is not available.</p><p> </p><p>The impact on tax receipts of restricting or abolishing pensions tax relief for higher rate tax payers would depend on how any changes were implemented and would also be subject to significant behavioural effects.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the cost of pensions tax relief is published in the HM Revenue and Custom (HMRC) National Statistics table ‘Registered pension schemes: cost of tax relief’, available on GOV.UK.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Bates more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-06-29T14:34:03.103Zmore like thismore than 2017-06-29T14:34:03.103Z
answering member
1091
label Biography information for Lord Bates more like this
tabling member
1732
label Biography information for Lord Warner more like this