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Married couple tax

fairydiamond
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I got married in October, I am 22 and my husband is 24. We both work 40 hours a week on £6.50

My tax code and his tax code is 647L. This has been like this for a while.

Someone at work told me it should have changed because we are married. I didn't know this and I am now confused. I've looked on the internet but can't find anything - only a married couples allowance and one person has to have been born before 1935 - so not us!

Can anyone shed any light on this? Thank you
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  • HalfPint
    HalfPint Posts: 646 Forumite
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    There is no married couples allowance anymore...only, as you've discovered, for those born before 1935.

    So you and your OH tax codes are correct.

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  • kingfisherblue
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    Halfpint is correct - the married couples tax allowance was discontinued a long time ago (in the 1980s I think)
  • Bobl
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    Unfortunately you will have to knock out some brats before the government throw all sorts of taxpayers money at you. Those of us without them get nothing!
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  • roddydogs
    roddydogs Posts: 7,479 Forumite
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    wait till next year, the Tories are going to bing back the marriage allowance.
  • seven-day-weekend
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    roddydogs wrote: »
    wait till next year, the Tories are going to bing back the marriage allowance.


    Assuming they win the election.

    Is this definite? Can you post details?
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  • tamarto
    tamarto Posts: 832 Forumite
    Bobl wrote: »
    Unfortunately you will have to knock out some brats before the government throw all sorts of taxpayers money at you. Those of us without them get nothing!

    That isn't true, you can claim warking tax without having children, if your wage is low enough to warrant it!
  • Caz3121
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    tamarto wrote: »
    That isn't true, you can claim warking tax without having children, if your wage is low enough to warrant it!

    only if aged over 25
  • tamarto
    tamarto Posts: 832 Forumite
    Caz3121 wrote: »
    only if aged over 25

    Still don't need to knock anything out though ;)
  • Indie_Kid
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    Caz3121 wrote: »
    only if aged over 25

    and working 30+ hours per week.

    Technically, you do already have a married couples' allowance - you have 2 tax free allowances of whatever it is now - so single people pay more tax, if their income is the same as the couples' income.
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  • Welshwoofs
    Welshwoofs Posts: 11,146 Forumite
    sh1305 wrote: »
    and working 30+ hours per week.

    Technically, you do already have a married couples' allowance - you have 2 tax free allowances of whatever it is now - so single people pay more tax, if their income is the same as the couples' income.


    Problem is, that takes no account of situations where one side of the couple doesn't work. Our household has a single income from me, a portion of which is taxed at 40%. My OH has no work and gets no benefits so we're a couple who are worse off under the current system.
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