AIBU to ask what amount of tax you would pay if you earned £30k and what amount of tax you would pay if you earned £60k?

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have just read here as poster saying a person on £60k would pay more tax than couple who both earned £30k each

is that true?

I'm not saying I'm for it. I believe passionately that women and men should be taxed separately and women should be financially independent at all costs.

I was really thinking about the scenario where there is no other parent - for example, after a death. It's a hot issue on my mind at the moment as there have been several friends of friends who have died in the last year before their time, leaving young children. DH and I have just been to the financial advisor to sort out what would happen if one of us died and bought some extra insurance cover etc.

I wasn't thinking about a separation scenario at all, I was thinking of a single parent who has no other parent to turn to at all. Should have made that more clear but I guess I had the expectation that in a separation situation there would still be a sort of notional 'household' income and that the 'single income' situation would only really apply to someone who was a lone parent.

Completely agree emsyj. Where one parent has died, its clearly a very different scenario as there is no possibility of increasing the earning capacity. Like you, we've always made sure we're well covered by insurance, even when times have been tough it's been a priority

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It breaks it down, plus you can alter the tax code etc

The problem is that there are so many 'yes but...' scenarios that there will never be a 'fair' system :(

I agree with that chipping. No system can ever be perfect.

However, I think policies over recent years have contributed to this sense of some people feeling they can walk away from their responsibilities. It's disgraceful that an absent parent can just ignore the financial responsibility which they couldnt ignore if they were still with their partner.

Evening all

We have moved this thread to Money matters

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you used to get tax allowance for being married.
they stopped that years ago. (those that already got it still do)
that got rid of some of the inequity with the second person personal allowance.