Brits hit by massive marriage tax penalty

[Craig Skinner]

UK married couples with children are paying a third more in tax than similar families in other developed countries, according to a new report.

Among the report’s other findings it showed that married couples with children and one earner bringing in up to £33,000 a year pay 18 per cent more tax in the UK than in European countries.

CARE’s report, which also compares the UK system to the USA, says in America a married couple with one earner on an average wage and two children would pay only 48.2 per cent of what a single person would pay. But that figure is 75 per cent for the equivalent situation in the UK.

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[welltan]

The government is taking advantage of marriage in Great Britain as well as here in the states. But for taxes, to a greater degree from what you write. It might promote people to abandon the license if it is profitable to do so. Probably a marriage license holds health insurance (in the US, GB has national healthcare I think) and benefits and retirement hostage. Plural has little use for a license, but some do keep it as it is just a piece of paper that enables at least someone to have some benefits.

 

[The Duke Of Marshall]

That's one of the many things that my fiance and I talked about after we got engaged. She wanted a marriage license and I didn't. We finally settled on getting a marriage license, but also agreed on getting a legal divorce later if another lady was to join our family. I guess it would be kinda weird to tell people that we talked about getting divorced before we were even married.