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Child benefit to be scrapped for higher rate tax payers from 2013

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  • ninky_2
    ninky_2 Posts: 5,872 Forumite
    Really2 wrote: »
    I agree, but could this be the precursor to implementing some kind of marriage related tax relief?


    which is equally ridiculous as it would reward the partner who runs off and remarries and penalise the partner who through no fault of their own is left divorced /single.
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  • Really2
    Really2 Posts: 12,397 Forumite
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    ninky wrote: »
    which is equally ridiculous as it would reward the partner who runs off and remarries and penalise the partner who through no fault of their own is left divorced /single.

    I guess they can do no right in your eyes then.:D
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    WestonDave wrote: »
    The other end of this has just been announced - a cap on total benefits so that a family on benefits cannot have more in total benefits than the average family earns from working.

    I assume they will be taking into care some of those kids from very large families living on benefits? for a start they won't be able to afford then rent.
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • silvercar
    silvercar Posts: 49,947 Ambassador
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    I think we all agree that very large earners don't need CB, that low income families probably do and that the people in the middle will suffer as the cut off always seems to hit at the point where people on benefits tend to do better than those who work.

    It will be hard for people who are caught at the edge of the cut off who rely on the money.

    While not diminishing their loss, they do have two year's notice to make adjustment.
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  • LilacPixie
    LilacPixie Posts: 8,052 Forumite
    WestonDave wrote: »
    The other end of this has just been announced - a cap on total benefits so that a family on benefits cannot have more in total benefits than the average family earns from working.

    :T:T:T:T

    That is fantastic news
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  • Graham_Devon
    Graham_Devon Posts: 58,560 Forumite
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    I liked the idea of tax credits, which another poster mentioned.

    Why not just roll it up into that?

    I realise tax credits themselves are a nightmare, when it comes to administration, but would make more sense than one family losing out severly over another.
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    I didn't know half of these benefits existed, especially not the amounts before I frequented this board.
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
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    WestonDave wrote: »
    The other end of this has just been announced - a cap on total benefits so that a family on benefits cannot have more in total benefits than the average family earns from working.


    What will the cap be at exactly, have they said? does it include housing?
  • Really2
    Really2 Posts: 12,397 Forumite
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    Would the best thing not to just have all benefits for workers as tax relief?
  • chucky
    chucky Posts: 15,170 Forumite
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    WestonDave wrote: »
    The other end of this has just been announced - a cap on total benefits so that a family on benefits cannot have more in total benefits than the average family earns from working.
    it's the way forward
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