"The increase in personal allowance to £8,105 for under 65s is welcome as it makes no sense to have people paying tax and receiving benefits at the same time. However, it's not as good as it sounds since, if inflation is running at 4% the allowance would have gone up to £7,775 anyway," said Richard Mannion, National Tax Director at Smith & Williamson the accountancy and financial services group.
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