Question reference: S4O-04744
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 28 October 2015
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Current status: Answered by John Swinney on 4 November 2015
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to setting the Scottish rate of income tax at a higher rate than the rest of the UK.
Answer
From April 2016, UK income tax rates for Scottish taxpayers will be reduced by 10p and I therefore need to set a Scottish rate and will do this as part of the Draft Budget for 2016-17.
In reaching a proposal for a rate I will take a wide range of factors into consideration, including the lock-step nature of this rate-setting power.