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Why would anyone NOT claim something that they are entitled to?
I understand that I have to pay taxes. I don't like it, but I realise its necessary.
So why would I want to pay more than the HMRC require?
One option would be to withdraw child benefit for all and give parents an extra tax allowance. But of course then higher rate taxpayers would benefit more, because their tax bill is reduced more!
Watching the news tonight, it's clear that they are backtracking ferociously. It sounds as if Cameron is likely to introduce tax allowance sharing for married couples, which would be great, but again, in an incredibly unfair twist, it appears that this will not be for higher rate taxpayers.
The problem is that people who earn £30k a year think that someone earning £ 60k a year is loaded. Unfortunately, in my experience a nice pay rise is not quite as life changing as you expect when you have to hand 40% of it straight to Osbourne so that he can piss it up the wall.
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