Dáil
‹ Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Tax Allowances Bands. Tax allowance costs for married people and widows
Summary
The Minister estimated annual costs of £20 million for treating working married women as single, £40 million for doubling married couples’ allowances, and £5 million for doubling widows’ and widowers’ allowances.
asked the Minister for Finance if he will give the following figures: (i) the cost of treating working married women as single persons for tax purposes; (ii) the extra cost over and above (i) of increasing the tax allowance bands and so on for married couples to twice that of single persons and (ii) the cost of increasing the tax allowances bands and so on for widows and widowers to twice that of single persons.
