Tax giveaways will benefit men more than women, say WBG
In today's Autumn Statement, the Chancellor chose a pre-election tax giveaway that will benefit men more than women.
UK Policy Briefing
A pre-budget briefing from the Women's Budget Group
“Instead of giving tax breaks in an attempt to court popularity, policy makers should realise that public attitudes to tax, particularly to its role in enabling good quality public services, are more fluid.”
Because of structural gender inequalities in the labour market and society – and because women are more likely to be unpaid carers – they find themselves in a particularly vulnerable position amid the spiralling cost of living and cuts in public services and social security, making fair taxation a crucial tool to restore their living standards.
This tax briefing shows how the tax system could be made fairer, so that those with the greatest wealth and highest incomes pay the greatest share of tax, ensuring that those who can afford to and/or have gained from current crises contribute to relieving the hardship others experience.
In today's Autumn Statement, the Chancellor chose a pre-election tax giveaway that will benefit men more than women.
Briefing from the UK Women’s Budget Group on the impact of changes in taxation policy on women.
A pre-budget briefing from the Women's Budget Group
Briefing on the 2013 Transferable Tax Allowance (November, 2013)