Rejected petition: Introduce joint income taxation for a household
Rejected on
We would like to urge the government to revise the UK tax system to allow married couples, civil partners or cohabitants to file income tax jointly, enabling household-level assessment instead of individual assessment.
The current UK system penalises couples with unequal incomes. Joint taxation would benefit families, encourage financial equality and fairness.
Avoiding the £100k personal allowance trap, this is especially attractive for families where one parent stays at home or works part-time. It would support family stability and child welfare, encourage workforce flexibility without penalising families, and improve labour market participation.
Why was this petition rejected?
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
You may wish to sign this petition which calls for a similar action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/727117
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.