70,223
of 100,000 signatures
To Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt
Right now as pensioners receiving the state pension, if our income exceeds the personal allowance limit we have to pay tax on it – but we've paid tax all our working lives! The state pension is such a measly amount of money (£203.85 a week) and millions of pensioners are in terrible poverty. It can hardly be counted as an "income" - it's more a savings pot we've paid into, that we finally get access to.
This isn't about not taxing pensioners who are very well off, as they'll be taxed on private pensions or their other sources of income anyway. This is about ringfencing the £203 per week, to stop those of us with very little money having some of it taken back off us. Our pensions are not enough to live on anyway, taxing it is just insult on injury.
This isn't about not taxing pensioners who are very well off, as they'll be taxed on private pensions or their other sources of income anyway. This is about ringfencing the £203 per week, to stop those of us with very little money having some of it taken back off us. Our pensions are not enough to live on anyway, taxing it is just insult on injury.
Petition text
The state pension shouldn't be viewed as an income, and therefore should not contribute towards someone's personal tax allowance. This would allow pensioners who are struggling on very little money to keep more of it.
Make the State Pension Exempt from Tax by Not Counting it as Personal Income!
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Make the State Pension Exempt from Tax by Not Counting it as Personal Income!
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Make the State Pension Exempt from Tax by Not Counting it as Personal Income!
