Petition · past parliament · Department for Work and Pensions
Change the high income child benefit tax charge to total household income
Closed
73 signatures
What the petition asks
The child benefit high income tax charge is extremely unfair as it considers income from only 1 parent.
The charge should be based on a combined household income, as one parent can earn £50,000 and be charged this tax but two parents can earn a combined £99,999.
The charge should be based on a combined household income, as one parent can earn £50,000 and be charged this tax but two parents can earn a combined £99,999.
This is not a fair way to tax parents of this country.
The current rules are discriminating against families which include any of the following; 1 ‘stay at home’ parent, 1 ‘low income’ parent and ‘single’ parent households.
This needs to be looked at urgently and make the charge down to a combined earning of households over 100k to make this a fair system across the country for all people.
The current rules are discriminating against families which include any of the following; 1 ‘stay at home’ parent, 1 ‘low income’ parent and ‘single’ parent households.
This needs to be looked at urgently and make the charge down to a combined earning of households over 100k to make this a fair system across the country for all people.
Timeline
| 23 Apr 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 23 Oct 2021 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
73
Status
Closed
Department
Department for Work and Pensions
Opened
23 Apr 2021
Closed
23 Oct 2021
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