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Resentful Britons slow to manage their increasing tax burden

01/07/2008

Eighty-one per cent of Britons believe they are paying more tax then five years ago and 73 per cent of them resent this, a poll of 3,000 people by life and pensions company Friends Provident has found.

When asked for their opinion on why their tax burden had increased, 43 per cent blamed stealth taxes, 60 per cent believed it was because of a general increase in the cost of living and 24 per cent thought it was the result of changes in income tax brackets. more

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