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Should MPs expenses be treated as taxable income?

April 26, 2017expenses government income MP politics taxable treated

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Should MPs expenses be treated as taxable income?

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No. Please dont burden Revenue & Customs with more political red taped taxes to deal with MP’s expenses should be regulated the same was the rest of Civil Service is. You get the bare minimum to cover genuine expenses. And, if you do something wrong, you’re disciplined and usually removed from duty.

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No. Expenses should be legitimate costs involved attending parliament or running a constituency office. They’re not meant to be a wage subsidy.

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They are. That income spent incurring expenses will have attracted income tax when first paid. This is why expenses are not taxed, the individual would end up paying tax twice on that proportion of their gross income which has been outlayed as expenses.