Income Tax: Scotland
(asked on 10th January 2017) - View Source
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential effect of variation of income tax rates.
This question was answered on 18th January 2017
The Scotland Act 2016 devolves further income tax powers to the Scottish Government. From April 2017, the Scottish Government will have the power to set all rates and thresholds for non-savings, non-dividends income tax in Scotland. This is an important power and means the Scottish Government is more responsible for raising the money it spends; it is accountable to the Scottish Parliament for those decisions.