There is a limit beyond which a higher tax rate will result in less tax collection.

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In exchange for these concessions, the Republicans would limit the increase in the dividend tax rate to 20% in order to maintain its equivalence to the capital gains tax rate.

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The Conservatives' proposal essentially removes this limit and extends the tax privilege to all lower-rate and basic-rate income-tax payers who receive interest on their deposits.

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