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The latest Scottish Fiscal Commission forecasts show that Scottish taxes will raise £24.6 billion in 2025-26, which is £777 million more than had been forecast in December 2023, which is due mainly to an increase in forecast income tax revenue. I am sure that members will be pleased to hear the good news that that increase is, in part, due to average earnings growing faster here than they are in the rest of the UK.
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The latest Scottish Fiscal Commission forecasts show that Scottish taxes will raise £24.6 billion in 2025-26, which is £790 million more than had been forecast in December 2023, which is due mainly to an increase in forecast income tax revenue. I am sure that members will be pleased to hear the good news that that increase is, in part, due to average earnings growing faster here than they are in the rest of the UK.
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