'We're paying £18,000 to stand still': The six-figure earners who no longer feel rich

'We're paying £18,000 to stand still': The six-figure earners who no longer feel rich

Ian Murton and his wife earn £100,000 before tax. Their income put them in the top 10 per cent of households – but they don’t feel rich. Ian, 53, and his wife live in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, with their two children. The couple’s money comes via their limited company – Ian Murton Hypnotherapy – comprising £40,000 in salaries and £60,000 in dividends.  At the last two Budgets, he says the government has made tax increases that have hit his family …