Do you support the married couples' tax break?
From 2015 the Government plans to allow married couples and civil partners (who aren’t 40%+ taxpayers) to transfer £1,000 of their personal allowance - the amount they can earn before tax - to their spouse. So, a partner who doesn’t work or earns under the personal allowance (currently £9,440 for under 65s) could give the higher earner their allowance, saving them 20% tax, so they’re £200 a year better off. Which of these is closest to your view?
From 2015 the Government plans to allow married couples and civil partners (who aren’t 40%+ taxpayers) to transfer £1,000 of their personal allowance - the amount they can earn before tax - to their spouse.
So, a partner who doesn’t work or earns under the personal allowance (currently £9,440 for under 65s) could give the higher earner their allowance, saving them 20% tax, so they’re £200 a year better off.
Which of these is closest to your view?
Results
| Good idea: marriage is an important institution that should be rewarded. |  |
3,055 votes (24 %) |
| Good idea but not enough: The concept’s right, but for it to mean anything it’d need to be more. | |
3,671 votes (29 %) |
| Wrong to exclude co-habiting couples: It should apply to all those in long-term stable relationships. | |
1,401 votes (11 %) |
| Why should couples gain? Unfair on single parents and single people generally. | |
3,844 votes (31 %) |
| Don’t really care either way. | |
407 votes (3 %) |
| Undecided. | |
192 votes (2 %) |
12,570 votes received.
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