The misleading belief that Scotland’s parties are protecting tax payers and services by not ‘passing on’ George Osborne’s tax cuts has taken hold,but the truth is he has nothing to do with next year’s Scottish tax rates[br]A misleading fallacy approximately Holyrood’s new income tax powers has taken hold in the debate approximately raising or cutting Scotland’s rates. Party leaders are peddling the belief that George Osborne’s tax cuts can be directly linked to the Scottish parliament’s decisions.
The Scottish National party from leader Nicola Sturgeon to her deputy John Swinney and on to backbench MSPs like Kevin Stewart, assert that the SNP is refusing to “pass on” the Chancellor’s cuts onto Scottish taxpayers. And that this in turn generates hundreds of millions of pounds in savings for Holyrood spending.
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Source: theguardian.com