<b>Tax News:</b> Same sex couples 'face £1,600 tax bill'. By Dan Martin

Posted by AccountingWEB PM | on Thu, 27/04/2006 - 12:48 4039 1 comment

Same sex couples may owe the HMRC up to £1,600 due to their lack of a knowledge over changes to tax credit rules introduced last December, accountants have warned.

The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) said although most people are aware that as of December last year same sex couples were allowed to register as civil partnerships, fewer people know that under the same regulations all same sex couples, whether civil partners or not, are now being treated as a unit for tax credits.

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I did wonder what this was all about?

listerramjet | Thu, 27/04/2006 - 13:06 | Permalink

"The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) said although most people are aware that as of December last year same sex couples were allowed to register as civil partnerships, fewer people know that under the same regulations all same sex couples, whether civil partners or not, are now being treated as a unit for tax credits."

ahh - all becomes clear - it was actually a tax raising device! Gordon (Bah Humbug) Brown strikes again.