MY waning support for Scottish independence, however noble the concept, dropped further when I was ordered by HMRC to pay income tax arrears of more than £2,000 dating back to the 2016-17 financial year. My accountant informed me this was due to my deferral of the state pension.
Income from the resulting lump sum had pushed me marginally into the higher tax bracket but that would not have been the case if I had resided in England; another example of the SNP clobbering the middle class.
Scott Thornton,
130 Clyde Street,
I HAVE received my annual tax summary for 2017-18 from HMRC. It has a comprehensive breakdown of how my tax money was spent. By extrapolation, I can see that the UK contribution to the EU budget for that fiscal year was less than £30 for anyone on the average taxable income.
It beggars belief that our politicians should be contemplating leaving free access to the largest market in the world for our manufacturers and food and drink producers for such a meagre saving. We should stop this madness now!
Hugh Dunnachie,
Wellstrand Cottage,
Sanquhar.
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