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Single cohabiting benefits / tax

Tawny · 2009-01-07 21:53:26

Has anyone ever challenged the tax / benefit thing where if you are living with your partner but unmarried you are taxed as a single person, but if you are on benefits you are judged as being part of a couple? A while back I remember hearing something about some legal professional saying that this could be unconstitutional…

07-01-2009 9:53pm

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Has anyone ever challenged the tax / benefit thing where if you are living with your partner but unmarried you are taxed as a single person, but if you are on benefits you are judged as being part of a couple?

A while back I remember hearing something about some legal professional saying that this could be unconstitutional or something?

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