1. International Tax Comparison
2. Couple Penalty
3. Marriage Support
4. Fiscal Solutions – ‘Supporting marriage and encouraging couples to come together’
1. International Tax Comparison
CARE has recently published its annual assessment of the impact of the UK tax system on marriage, compared with other OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) countries. This latest research paper, entitled The Taxation of Families 2009/10, builds on the findings established in previous reports over the last 4 years, highlighting the fact that in 2009, a one-earner married couple with children on the average wage (£33, 745) paid almost a third more tax in the UK than the OECD average and 20 per cent more than the EU average.
The paper is co-authored by CARE’s Fiscal Policy Consultants Don Draper, Leonard Beighton and Alistair Pearson, who write about this year’s review:
“As in previous years we have compared the tax burden on UK families on an ‘average wage’ with thoser in other countires in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the European Union. This year however we attempted a fuller review of families on lower incomes and, for the first time, attempted to say something about the taxation of families with incomes around the higher rate threshold. We have also looked at the prospects for families when the changes announced by the Coalition Government have taken effect.”
The report is available to download as a PDF version here:
http://www.care.org.uk/advocacy/family/family-fiscal-policy#itc