Oral question asked in the House of Commons, by Stephen Crabb (Conservative). It was answered by Jane Kennedy (Labour) on Thursday, 10 July 2008 on behalf of the Treasury.
Low-Income Households
- Question
- What estimate he has made of the amount of tax paid by low-income households in the last 12 months.
- Answer
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A single-earner family with two children on earnings of £16,750 per year, which is half male average earnings, will pay no net tax in 2008-09 because tax credits and child benefit more than offset income tax and national insurance liabilities. In 1997-98, that family’s net tax burden was 9.3 per cent. of gross income; in other words, they would have been £1,557 a year worse off.
Secondary information
- Type
- Oral question
- Reference
- 478 c1533
- 217455
- Session
- 2007-08
- Oral question type
- Lead
- Chamber / Committee
- House of Commons chamber
- Related items
- Subjects
- Families Income tax Households Low incomes Taxation Tax rates and bands Tax burden
- Contains statistics
- Yes
- Link
- View this Oral question on www.publications.parliament.uk
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