BRITAIN'S higher rate taxpayers are now contributing more than half of all income tax, a devastating new analysis has revealed ..... Some 3.6m individuals are paying £73.2bn a year, proving that the Government is forcing top-rate taxpayers to shoulder the bulk of Gordon Brown's lavish spending policies .... Accountants are concerned because workers in ordinary jobs are finding themselves in the top tax bracket. Grant Thornton tax partner Ian Luder said the figures were 'shocking', adding: 'By refusing to raise thresholds in line with earnings, he [Gordon Brown] has effectively been increasing his revenues by twice the rate of inflation for seven years.