KPMG press release: The 2011 holding pattern for personal income tax rates is now seeing a return to the 2010 trend of increasing rates with the global average top personal income tax rate going up by 0.3 percent, according to analysis by KPMG International. However, the UK stands out from this global trend with plans to reduce its top rate of personal income tax from 50 percent to 45 percent next April.
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