let’s be honest. as a single person having to pay more than a married couple earning twice as much somewhat unfair.
this petition in french has collected over 10k signatures. please sign if you can if not for you for your singles’ friends
[https://www.petitiounen.lu/en/petition/2596?cHash=aaefb9976c68d153d5a6760678aec6c4](https://www.petitiounen.lu/en/petition/2596?cHash=aaefb9976c68d153d5a6760678aec6c4)
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To my understanding your statement is just factually incorrect. There are certain deductions for children etc, but this also applies when you are single.
Being married in itself doesn’t grant you any tax advantage. You might be charged less monthly due to tax card 2, but rest assured you are paying full price once the annual declaration comes around the corner.
I would even argue that in case of a joint declaration, adding 2 50k salaries together to puts the joint salary in a much higher tax class
How about when 1 partner works for EU institutions, other one for private sector, the one actually paying the taxes to Lux pays more, gets 1a tax class, coz the other partner does not contribute to Lux. So, no class 2.
Idiotic petition because it cannot get the facts correct regarding tax classes, tax class 1/2 are on the exact same brackets and scales.
The only advantage married couples have is either if one doesn’t work, and the “abattement conjoint”.
More info on this post I wrote: https://www.reddit.com/r/Luxembourg/comments/118327t/salarytaxincome_calculator_in_spreadsheet_form/
Welp, this petition only confirms that over 10k people do not understand how taxes work but saw that on calculatrice.lu “number bigger if married – Not fair !!1!”
If you excuse me, I will now ride my priviliged tax class porsche sporting the personalized number plate “A2 FU” into the sunset…