House of Commons meeting
Mothers At Home Matter tackled the unfairness of the tax system today at the House of Commons with a presentation to MPs hosted by Miriam Cates MP.
MPs were set five quiz points - which no one got the answers correct - the answers are quite staggering.
Families face a high tax rate of on average between 50-70% across a wide range of incomes and much higher at certain income points.
What do you think is the highest ’tax’ rate in England?
Where do you think a family with three children on a single-earner income of £50k falls on the income distribution?
Are they in the top 10% wealthiest households? 20%, 30%, 50% or lower?
Can you answer the questions?
Here is the presentation describing the challenges faced by families and the unfair UK taxation system:
Anne went on to have a further meeting with Tax & the Family and Policy in Practice and a short impromptu meeting with Munira Mirza, formerly policy advisor at No 10.
MAHM’s Anne Fennell at the House of Commons, 8th February 2023
MAHM would like to see:
An economic level playing field for parents who stay at home with the option of being taxed as a household with a transferable allowance for couples or an additional person’s allowance for single parents
Fair taxation for those who stay home and those who work
Childcare subsidies to follow the child, with parents able to choose whether they use it to stay home, or give it to a grandparent, childminder or external setting for care
Child benefit to be distributed fairly
All mothers to be eligible for their state pension regardless of whether they sign up to the Child Benefit or not
Further action?
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