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  Tax Credits (Income Thresholds and Determination of Rates) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 - Reduction in Rates of Tax Credits
  
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  @ MP voted aye to reduce the amounts people are paid in tax credits. 
  @ MP voted no against reducing the amounts people are paid in tax credits. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted to reduce the amounts people are paid in tax credits. 
  
  The motion approved by the majority of MPs taking part in this vote was:
  
  :That the [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2015/9780111138946 draft Tax Credits (Income Thresholds and Determination of Rates) (Amendment) Regulations 2015], which were laid before this House on 7 September, be approved.
  
  The regulations amend the [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2008/contents/made The Tax Credits (Income Thresholds and Determination of Rates) Regulations 2002] which set out when someone is entitled to a tax credit. Tax credits are provided for via the [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/21/contents Tax Credits Act 2002]
  
  The specific changes introduced via the regulations approved in this vote were:
  
  * Reducing the level of income at which working tax credit is paid in full from Â£6,420 to Â£3,850. 
  * Reducing the level of income at which child tax credit is paid in full from Â£16,105 to Â£12,125.
  * Reducing the threshold for an increase in income, under which eligibility for tax credits is based on a person's previous year income, from Â£5,000 to Â£2,500. (Known as the "income rise disregard".) 
  * Reducing the thresholds at which tax credits are reduced based on income from Â£6,420 to Â£3,850 in respect of working tax credit and from Â£16,105 to Â£12,125 in respect of child tax credit.
  * Increasing the rate of reduction in tax credits in respect of income over a threshold from 41% to 48%. (Known as the "withdrawal rate".)
   
  
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