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ORA ULTIMA

@oraultima.bsky.social

Aumento di stipendio? Attento al Fisco.

Con il #FiscalDrag, se il reddito sale ma gli scaglioni restano fermi, l'#IRPEF sale e mangia il guadagno: +1.003€ di tasse a 36.000€ (simulazione 2026-27).

👉 Guide su reddito e mutui su #ORAULTIMA (cerca su Google).

#30settembre #Economia #Finanza

September 30, 2026 at 12:32 PM

Scottie2

@scottie2.bsky.social

The triple lock should be looked at & perhaps the fixed % increase suspended but the freeze on the triggering income level is a stealth tax hitting the poorest the worst & should be dropped
#fiscaldrag

September 7, 2026 at 7:50 AM

victor

@tradeidea.com

Short-term yields cut deeper than headlines show. The cost is real.
#ShortTermYields, #FiscalDrag, #BondMarket

The Hidden Cost of Rising Short-Term Yields | TradeIdea

Rising 6-month Treasury yields to 4% directly increase the government’s cost of funding short-term debt, compounding fiscal drag.

tradeidea.com

July 6, 2026 at 8:39 PM

Freedom Isn't Free

@freedomisntfree.co.uk

Frozen Tax Thresholds: The Silent UK Tax Rise

The number of UK higher-rate taxpayers doubled in a decade. No party stood on a manifesto to do it...

#FrozenTaxThresholds #FiscalDrag #UKPersonalFinance

Frozen Tax Thresholds: The Silent UK Tax Rise

Frozen tax thresholds have quietly pulled millions of UK workers into higher brackets without a vote. How fiscal drag became Britain's stealth tax rise.

buff.ly

June 7, 2026 at 8:01 AM

Civil Service Pensioners' Alliance

@cspa-uk.bsky.social

According to the IFS, the number of pensioners paying income tax has risen sharply in recent years. Around 6.7 million pensioners paid income tax in 2021–22, but this has increased to approximately 8.8 million pensioners by 2025–26

www.cspa.co.uk/news/pension...

#FiscalDrag

Pensioners paying the price of freeze - CSPA

Frozen income tax thresholds are having a growing impact on UK pensioners, dragging millions into the tax system through “fiscal drag”. Although tax rates

www.cspa.co.uk

May 20, 2026 at 1:40 PM

Bob Williams

@bob-uu.bsky.social

Another tax code change. As a pensioner, so glad to help the country out with my taxes.
#fiscaldrag

February 15, 2026 at 8:36 AM

Epstein Web

@epsteinweb.bsky.social

Part 2/2 — HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_025236.jpg
#epsteinweb #houseoversight025236

${Fiscalstimulus (Discretionary S| ing) 0.4% 3 | Sequester Automatic Cuts 2013 0.1% 2 moanario. (Mandatory Spending) 1 estimates Bush Tax Cuts ($250k+ 0.3% 0 Incomes, Estate Tax) Ue ec Congress Bush Tax Cuts (Middle Income) 0.9% -2 punts Alternative Minimum Tax 0.8% 3 Payroll Tax Cut 0.6% Fiscaldrag Pikrent Emergency Unemployment o 4 law Cor ati 0.2% 1963 1968 1973 1978 1983 1988 1993 1998 2003 2008 2013 SORES Source: CBO, IMF, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan Private Bank Affordable Care Act 0.2% Source: CBO, Goldman Sachs. What direction is the Congress heading, and what did Larry Summers and Brad DeLong have to say about this recently? Political outcomes this fall will affect what Congress does, but I get the sense that they will punt fiscal adjustments into the future if they can, and impose austerity of no more than 1% of GDP in 2013. If so, Congress can point to a March 2012 paper by Summers and DeLong as justification. The bottom line from the paper: don’t tighten fiscal policy when interest rates are near zero. The authors assert that (a) additional government spending can ease the long-term budget constraint in conditions similar to today’s, and (b) tightening policy now would risk permanent loss of human capital, lower labor productivity growth and lower trend growth. They have held these views for a while; the paper appears designed to convince others. Advocates for more fiscal and monetary stimulus often point to the charts below. Rising Federal debt has not resulted in higher interest rates, so why not keep borrowing more? As for the Fed, balance sheet expansion prevented deflation and HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_025236$

February 9, 2026 at 1:38 PM

The Fourth Accountant

@thefourthacc.bsky.social

Can small businesses afford UK workers…? #nic #salarysacrifice #fiscaldrag #kemibadenoch #tories #budget

January 11, 2026 at 10:48 AM

basildonparty.bsky.social

@basildonparty.bsky.social

#fyp #budget #austerity #cuts #labour #redtories #bondmarkets #childpoverty #employmentrightsbill #masiontax #twochildbenefitcap #fiscaldrag #capitalism #yourparty #jeremycorbyn #zarasultana #tradeunions #workingclass #socialism #socialistparty #solidarity

December 14, 2025 at 11:01 PM

UK Politics Decoded Editorial Team

@ukpoliticsdecoded.uk

Budget 2025 claims fairness, but 86% of new revenue comes from stealth taxes on work, not wealth.

Read the full analysis: ukpoliticsdecoded.uk/decoded-news...

#Budget2025 #TaxJustice #EconomicFairness #FiscalDrag #UKPolitics

Budget 2025: Tax Analysis - Who Really Pays?

Analysis revealing how Budget 2025's tax changes disproportionately impact working people through stealth tax rises while protecting wealth holders.

ukpoliticsdecoded.uk

November 27, 2025 at 12:42 PM

Martin Odoni

@martinodoni.bsky.social

#FiscalDrag is a dirty trick the #ChancellorOfTheExchequer is pulling to raise taxes while appearing not to.

#AutumnBudget #RachelReeves #Budget2025

Reeves – the ‘fiscal drag Queen’

The 'mandate for change' that Starmer was bleating on about on winning the General Election last year is once more bypassed in favour of the commandment laid down by the rich to leave everything the same.

thegreatcritique.wordpress.com

November 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM

The Fourth Accountant

@thefourthacc.bsky.social

Work harder…get poorer…Britain’s new social contract… #fiscaldrag #wealthtax #incometax #costofliving #inflation

October 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM

Luca

@lucaneve.bsky.social

#stoprearmament #healthcare #education #care #housing #socialpolicies #taxevasion #patrimoniale #flattax #amnesties #fiscaldrag #Pensioners #Pension #Pensionati #SPI #Pensioni #contracts #wage #minimumwage #salariominimo #faircompensation #selfemployed www.lucaneve.com/gallery-imag...

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October 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM

Pupia Tv

@pupia.bsky.social

Piccolotti - In questi giorni si parla di manovra finanziaria (08.10.25)

https://www.pupia.tv - Piccolotti - In questi giorni si parla di manovra finanziaria In questi giorni si parla di manovra finanziaria, #Meloni e #Giorgetti proveranno a convincervi che stanno abbassando le tasse al ceto medio. Ecco perché vi stanno prendendo in giro. #FiscalDrag (08.10.25)

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October 8, 2025 at 1:36 PM

Pupia Tv

@pupia.bsky.social

Piccolotti - In questi giorni si parla di manovra finanziaria (08.10.25)

https://www.pupia.tv - Piccolotti - In questi giorni si parla di manovra finanziaria In questi giorni si parla di manovra finanziaria, #Meloni e #Giorgetti proveranno a convincervi che stanno abbassando le tasse al ceto medio. Ecco perché vi stanno prendendo in giro. #FiscalDrag (08.10.25) #pupia

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October 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM

williamdunn.bsky.social

@williamdunn.bsky.social

Frozen UK tax thresholds mean many will pay more tax without rates going up. The personal allowance & higher-rate thresholds are frozen until April 2028. This "fiscal drag" pulls more people into higher tax brackets as wages rise, increasing the tax burden on a growing number of earners #FiscalDrag

August 30, 2025 at 1:50 AM

cigmaaccounting.bsky.social

@cigmaaccounting.bsky.social

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July 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM

Noah Law MP

@noahlawmp.bsky.social

Encouraging response on #fiscaldrag ahead of my discussion with @garyseconomics.bsky.social on wealth taxes & ensuring lower earners take home more hard-earned pay.

I'll keep up the pressure ahead of the Budget together with colleagues determined to see responsible AND progressive fiscal policy.

July 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM

Antoine Vernet

@antoinevernet.com

update my calculations, but it still seems to me that fiscal drag raises less tax revenue that what is really needed given the state of public finances #tax #hmrc #fiscaldrag

And if you are interested in my back of the envelope calculations 👇

youtu.be/aDnBm6xDu90