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mooism2 on Jan 26, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: “Marriage promotion” is a destructive cargo cult

In the UK it is called the Married Couple's Tax Allowance. http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/incometax/married-allow.htm

It means I pay at least £304/yr more in tax than I would if I was married.

Whether you should care about UK tax policy, I don't know.

vidarh on Jan 26, 2014 [–]

As of 2000, the Married Couple's Tax Allowance in the UK only applies if one of the spouses were born before April 6th 1935.

ronaldx on Jan 26, 2014 | | [–]

For the moment, yes, but it's a headline policy of the governing party to reintroduce it for all married couples.

mooism2 on Jan 26, 2014 | | [–]

Well that's me told. I thought the Tories had brought it back.

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