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The Department of Finance has this afternoon sought to reassure PAYE workers that they will not be affected by the Government's plan to backdate the new income levy rates to the start of 2009.

A statement from the Department said that PAYE taxpayers who are not in a position to manipulate their income-only pay levy at new rates from 1st May will pay at composite rate."