Tax is a key political issue. To get the economy growing do taxes need to be cut? Or do they need to be increased to deal with the hole in the government’s finances?
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Tax and the Family together with the charity CARE published on 30th March their annual report on the taxation of families in the UK and other OECD countries. The report calls for fairer taxation - not necessarily lower taxation. The report is timely.
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Although the income tax system in Scotland differs from that in the rest of the UK, many of the problems are the same.
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This report addresses issues relating to the taxation of UK families:
how heavily they are taxed compared with their counterparts in other developed countries
how they are taxed compared with households without children
changes to the UK tax and benefits system that would ensure fairer outcomes.
An earlier paper by Tax and the Family analysed which types of household bore the heaviest income tax burden. This paper extends the analysis to cover families with three or four children.
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