The Tories are claiming that they're fixing Britain's unfair Child Benefit system, but they're the ones who made it so unfair, and their so-called "fix" is an insufficient bodge job
Seeking volunteer executive founders to bring new From Infants to Over 50s political party into swift registration to run in this year's general election. www.over50sparty.org.uk
With policy to end 2 child benefit cap and end tax and constraint on child benefit by income.
If i remember rightly, the reason it was reduced if one earner was a higher tax payer was for purely practical reasons. It was much, much easier to do it this way then a combined household income. At the time HMRC did not have the ability because there IT systems were shocking. HMRC have done an amazing job over the last decade. All taxes are unfair, and full of cliff edges, mainly for initially practical and legitimate reasons.
When an election date is finally set and manifesto’s are released overhauling this obscenity better be in Labour’s!
Seeking volunteer executive founders to bring new From Infants to Over 50s political party into swift registration to run in this year's general election. www.over50sparty.org.uk
With policy to end 2 child benefit cap and end tax and constraint on child benefit by income.
If i remember rightly, the reason it was reduced if one earner was a higher tax payer was for purely practical reasons. It was much, much easier to do it this way then a combined household income. At the time HMRC did not have the ability because there IT systems were shocking. HMRC have done an amazing job over the last decade. All taxes are unfair, and full of cliff edges, mainly for initially practical and legitimate reasons.