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UK Policy Paper Published Including Draft Legislation for Devolving Income Tax and Other Powers to Scotland.

|Proposed Changes|United Kingdom
United Kingdom

On 22 January 2015, the UK Government published Scotland in the United Kingdom: An enduring settlement, a policy paper including draft legislation devolving more powers to the Scottish Parliament.

Some of the key measures covered include:

  • The Scottish Parliament will have the power to set the rates of Income Tax and the thresholds at which these are paid for the non-savings and non-dividend income of Scottish taxpayers without restriction, but the tax will continue to be collected and admi…

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