Single people to pay less tax....
I don't see why your dismal failure with the opposite sex should be a a matter for the HMRC
( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Mon 26 Sep 2011, 20:49, 2 replies)

I'm not single..
but I'm not married or living with my girlfriend; therefore in the eyes of HMRC I am "single" and have to pay higher tax.
(Laxly, Mon 26 Sep 2011, 21:04, closed)

Eh? Married people pay the same tax a single?

( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Mon 26 Sep 2011, 21:18, closed)

If
a single person lives alone, then they'll be paying 25% less council tax - which is, IMO a breach of ECHR legistation which states that every EU citizen is treated equally.
(dchurch bah, Tue 27 Sep 2011, 7:46, closed)

If you're not prepared to get married,
and do your duty in providing the country with it's future work force, then you can do your bit by paying plenty of tax - you'll probably want the state to care for you in your lonely old age, anyway.

[edit: come to think of it, what tax are you paying that I'm not?]
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Mon 26 Sep 2011, 21:21, closed)

Eh?
Married persons allowance hasn't existed for yonks - unless you were born before the 6th April 1935. A married person pays exactly the same tax as a single person. There are Child Tax credits in place, but you don't have to be married to claim them, just so long as you have sprogs.

As dchurch has pointed out, the only exception is Council Tax, which is bases on the number of occupants of a home. In this case a single person pays less.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Tue 27 Sep 2011, 11:58, closed)

Or the same sex, for that matter.

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Mon 26 Sep 2011, 21:39, closed)

As an interesting aside...
Two friends of mine have entered into a "civil partnership". They're not gay; they both have girlfriends. They just share a flat together. If they're civil partners they get all manner of tax breaks and stuff that they wouldn't otherwise.
(gordonjcp, Mon 26 Sep 2011, 21:44, closed)

That's the least gay thing, I've ever heard.
It's also the plot to an Adam Sandler film.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Mon 26 Sep 2011, 22:06, closed)

Is it?
Can't stand the guy, but that's possibly where they got the idea from.
(gordonjcp, Tue 27 Sep 2011, 9:15, closed)

Adam Sandler and Kevin James, I believe.
It's some sort of quantum singularity of awfulness.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Tue 27 Sep 2011, 21:28, closed)

They
are gay.
(username failed moderation, Tue 27 Sep 2011, 9:18, closed)