United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 57474
Armed Forces: Council Tax and Income Tax
Introduced
4 June 2025
Last action
10 June 2025 · Answer
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Defence
Source updated
10 June 2025
Summary
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of removing the requirement for armed forces personnel to pay (a) Income Tax and (b) Council Tax when deployed on overseas operations.
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4 June 2025
Written question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of removing the requirement for armed forces personnel to pay (a) Income Tax and (b) Council Tax when deployed on overseas operations.
Source: Commons
10 June 2025
Answer
Whilst there is no income tax exemption for the salaries of armed forces personnel serving overseas, there are a number of exemptions for specific payments or expenses including for UK accommodation, uniform laundering, and some travel expenses and profes...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-06-04/57474
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1809539
- uk · wq-1809539 · source updated 10 June 2025