text_body: --- DIVISION TITLE ---
  
  Income Tax - Abolition of starting rate
  
  --- MOTION EFFECT ---
  
  The majority voted to delete all references to the "starting rate" of taxation in the '''Income Tax Act 2007''',[1] leaving only the "basic rate" and the "higher rate" of income tax.
  
  The "starting rate" limit had been Â£2,150, and the "basic rate" limit had been Â£33,300.[2]  After this vote, the "basic rate" became Â£36,000.[3]
  
  *[1] [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/ACTS/acts2007/ukpga_20070003_en_1 Income Tax Act 2007]
  *[2] [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/ACTS/acts2007/ukpga_20070003_en_3#pt2-ch2-pb3-l1g20 Clause 20] of the Income Tax Act 2007
  *[3] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2008-03-18a.757.4#g852.3 House of Commons], 18 March 2008
  
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