Families in which only one married parent works are being unfairly penalised by the tax system in Britain compared to those in other developed countries, according to a new report. The study by CARE, the Christian social policy charity, claims that a one-earner married couple with children whose wages are up to £33,000 pays a third more of their income to the taxman in the UK than families elsewhere in the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD). Compared with the European Union average, the difference is 18 per cent more, the report said. The 50-page study advocates the introduction of “transferable allowances” for married couples which would allow the non-working partner to transfer their tax allowance to the working partner.
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This is an issue that rears it’s head periodically, but never seems to reach the top of any political agenda. Parents affected by this hould lobby their MP or the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, Ed Balls