HC Deb 17 July 1978 vol 954 c52W
Mr. MacGregor

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what would be the approximate revenue cost of relieving the widows' allowance from income tax.

Mr. Robert Sheldon

The cost of exempting from income tax the widows' allowance, including the earnings-related supplement, is not known precisely, but could be somewhere about £10 million at 1978–79 income levels.

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