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Delayed income may be helping to drive recovery

Given the headwinds that still face the economy, identifying what is driving the recent momentum in the economy is a puzzle. One factor which might be playing a role is the shifting of income by high-earners into the current tax year in order to gain from April’s cut in the additional rate of income tax.

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