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Disability benefits could be taxed under controversial proposals reportedly being supported by Iain Duncan Smith.
The personal independence payment (PIP) and disability living allowance (DLA) it is replacing are both currently paid at the same rate regardless of the recipient's income.
The PIP of between £21.55 and £138.05 a week, based on an assessment of people’s needs, was rolled out in April last year.
At the time, the Work and Pensions Secretary called the reforms “fair” and said they would ensure that “the people who need them get better payments”.
But now Mr Duncan Smith is reportedly arguing that they should be increased for the poorest claimants while being subsidised with a tax on the benefits for those with higher incomes.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...wants-to-tax-disability-benefits-9775338.html
Disability Living Allowance (DLA), which is now being "replaced" (ie, cut) by the Coalition's PIP, was never a "disability benefit" - it was introduced as an equalities payment, to compensate disabled people for the extra costs they incur due to the prejudicial way society is organised.
The personal independence payment (PIP) and disability living allowance (DLA) it is replacing are both currently paid at the same rate regardless of the recipient's income.
The PIP of between £21.55 and £138.05 a week, based on an assessment of people’s needs, was rolled out in April last year.
At the time, the Work and Pensions Secretary called the reforms “fair” and said they would ensure that “the people who need them get better payments”.
But now Mr Duncan Smith is reportedly arguing that they should be increased for the poorest claimants while being subsidised with a tax on the benefits for those with higher incomes.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...wants-to-tax-disability-benefits-9775338.html
Disability Living Allowance (DLA), which is now being "replaced" (ie, cut) by the Coalition's PIP, was never a "disability benefit" - it was introduced as an equalities payment, to compensate disabled people for the extra costs they incur due to the prejudicial way society is organised.
