Better than paying for 2 packets of fags for someone on benefit.
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Married couple's £200 tax break
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Better than paying for 2 packets of fags for someone on benefit.
Tax breaks for those who receive jack sxxt from the government in any other way, but contribute to everyone else's handouts please?
nwgull
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I did not know this. However, I hardly see this as a beneficial right that a man is entitled to be named as the legal father of child that his cheating wife had by another man.
As for married couples staying together, it's true; they often do last longer together. Although, they often stay together even though they absolutely hate way other, which I believe can have a more damaging effect on kids than 2 parents that split up and are able to live new lives separately but amicably.
nwgull
Well-known member
Mid 30s, childless, healthy, non-smoking, full-time employed, unmarried man's tax allowance.
I LIKE the sound of that!
Creaky
Well-known member
I think the point is that the husband in a marriage has parental rights whether or not the wife disputes the fact that he is the father and whether or not he actually is the father.
I would agree that a child brought up lovingly by a single parent can often have a better childhood than one brought up in an unloving two parent family - it is however also true that in general the child brought up by a single parent requires greater state financial support than one brought up by a couple. Financially therefore it makes sense for the government to encourage marriage.
Creaky
Well-known member
Healthy - non-smoking !!!!!!
You are going to cost the rest of us a fortune in paying your pension as you live out your long life
Call me old fashioned but I prefer to encourage marriage based on love and a shared being, not a tax break.
Creaky
Well-known member
I agree but there is room for both - after all most people buy wedding gifts - financial encouragement or congratulatory reward?
TheJasperCo
Well-known member
Yes, but Luxembourg is a tax haven, so it does sort of figure that tax breaks are more generous there.
fly high
Well-known member
I don't think it's should be seen as being about rewarding or encouraging marriage, what this will do is start to rebalance the income required for a couple to have the same overall income as a lone parent. It is aimed at low income families, who currently have to earn a lot more money to have the same amount in their pocket after deductions & that doesn't take into account there are two adults to feed & cloth. What about couple who cohabitate? I’d guess that would be open to abuse & fraud so they have to be excluded.
Albumen
Don't wait for me!
They have no ****ing idea about what's actually happening with couples in 2013. To penalise those who choose not to marry is a disgrace.
dougdeep
New member
It worked well before. Some of you seem to think this is something new.
Albumen
Don't wait for me!
Inequality never works well.
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It'll pay for a pie and pint at each home league game, so not to be knocked.
Creaky
Well-known member
They won't be penalised! Nobody is suggesting they should pay any more tax than they currently are.
yxee
Well-known member
Fiscal policy is a zero sum game. If you're not benefiting from this tax break, you're losing out.
Creaky
Well-known member
That would be true - if total tax take equalled total government spend. How Utopian it would be if this was the case.
There are all sorts of different tax breaks and allowances available - just because you don't qualify for one, whilst someone else does, doesn't mean you are being penalised.
BensGrandad
New member
Could this just be a token amount as a start to get it up and running and then be gradually increased in each budget.