
This tax break lets over-65s pay less than younger workers. It's time to end it
People under 66 can end up paying hundreds more a month in tax than their older counterparts for doing the same job. Is that fair? In the UK, most people pay two forms of income tax on the money they make from work, but we currently allow the over-65s to avoid paying the second.In the name of fairness, this needs to end.If you are a basic rate taxpayer, you pay 20 per cent of all your earnings over £12,570 in income tax. But you also pay a second income tax too, called national insura...