Reduce or eliminate taxes for essential workers during the pandemic.

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

Learn from the lessons of our forefathers and reevaluate the tax conditions for workers during the Covid-19 pandemic to like those of post World War 2 Britain.

It's time to start recognising the beneficial impact that workers have on society rather than the economy! Essential workers are currently the life blood of this country. Working more days, longer hours, with increasing levels of stress to keep this country running. Not because we want to, but because we have a duty to!

Unfortunately, minimum wage, essential careers are being taxed heavily for extra work that can not afford to not be done, while some have the choice to sit at home on full pay.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

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Refund PAYE tax for year 2020/21 to Keyworker and Essential Worker Roles
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Give all key workers a £10,000 tax break (in addition to the existing allowance)
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Suspend PAYE Tax for all frontline Key workers for 6 months
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Give all key workers a tax break for 2021
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Give essential and key workers a tax break/refund.
Give essential and key workers a tax break/refund.

Timeline

15 Jan 2021	Petition opened for signatures
22 Jan 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12

Status Rejected

Rejected 22 Jan 2021

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