In an email I just received from Benefits and Work which is looking into the Government's Green Paper for proposals to changes in the disability benefit system there was this about how the Government may be planning to fund their new system. Which seems to involve everyone being sent a Β£20,000 tax bill on their 65th birthday!
5 November 2009
The government has gone back on a pledge to reveal the true cost of its proposed National Care Service before the green paper consultation period ends on November 13th, prompting further suspicions about the honesty of the whole consultation process.
As reported by Benefits and Work, (Β£20,000 shock birthday tax for all) the green paper rules out using general taxation to pay for everyoneβs care and instead offers three options for funding the service, one of which is sending everyone a tax bill for Β£20,000 on their 65th birthday.
5 November 2009
The government has gone back on a pledge to reveal the true cost of its proposed National Care Service before the green paper consultation period ends on November 13th, prompting further suspicions about the honesty of the whole consultation process.
As reported by Benefits and Work, (Β£20,000 shock birthday tax for all) the green paper rules out using general taxation to pay for everyoneβs care and instead offers three options for funding the service, one of which is sending everyone a tax bill for Β£20,000 on their 65th birthday.