YOU HAVE YOUR SAY
EVERY week, Money Mail receives hundreds of your letters and emails about our stories. Here are some from our article on how the Budget smallprint could mean you might not save as much as you think from the promised tax break.
GIVEN the current circumstances, I thought the Budget was much better than I anticipated. Raising the personal allowance will help the lowest paid and the move to take more people out of the 40 pc tax-rate band is long overdue. D. P., East Anglia.
THE devil is always in the detail. But it’s also becoming increasingly apparent that what the Chancellor says in the Commons bears l it t l e resemblance to the legislation that is eventually implemented. J. R., Warrington.
EVERYONE was cheering for the Chancellor last week, but now we can see what the Budget really means. A parent on the cusp of getting more than £50,000 will soon be hit with higher National Insurance contributions, lower child benefit and a higher tax rate. T. O., Solihull, West Midlands.
THERE is little point in complaining about the Budget every year. There will always be winners and losers, no matter what is announced. No government or chancellor is going to be able to please all of the electorate all of the time. O. L., Glasgow.
WHEN has anyone ever been better off after a Budget? They give with one hand and take with the other — it’s just how it is. I. S., Frinton-on-sea, Essex.
A PENSIONER on £100,000 will have paid a lot of tax over their lifetime. And, in my opinion, they’re not getting anything back, just keeping a little more of their own money. If you earn a lot, you should pay more tax — but not over and over again. D. O., Manchester.
HAMMOND’S Budget is nothing more than joke. The real economy is represented by a credit-caused housing price crisis and the fact wages have fallen by 30 pc in the past 20 years. UK living standards have dropped, too. I. W., London.