Why is there always someone who tries to ruin stuff for us married and working..
Desperate housewives are lossing the leverage not to go to work
This referendum highlights the deep complexities of tax reform in a society that values both fairness and family. While individual taxation is often seen as a step toward gender equality and economic independence, especially for women, it’s crucial to consider the unintended consequences for single-income households and families with uneven earnings.
That said, the current system has long been criticized for penalizing married couples, particularly when both partners work. The challenge lies crafting a tax system that reflects Switzerland’s evolving social and economic realities, while being fair.
>Individual taxation would not lead to greater equality, the group argues. Instead it would penalise families, since married couples with only one income or very different incomes would be taxed significantly more than couples with two similar incomes.
Would taxes of single-income households increase?
We just can’t have nice things…
I’m all for individual taxation; down with the unfair marriage tax (“Hochzeitsstrafe”)!
on the one hand, i consider it unfair that a couple with mr making 200k and mrs not working is taxed less than a couple with mr and mrs each earning 100k (especially adding kids into the mix so the second couple has to pay the childcare).
on the other, if this makes it so the tax rate of individual incomes goes up and penalizes single individuals (already some of the most burdened people in terms of housing cost and scarce tax reductions), i do not consider this fair. singles can deduct half the cost of replacing a heater at home for example than married people do. but can they buy half a heater ?
Can someone explain how all those votes would likely be sequenced. AFAIR there is this initiative with counter-proposal, referendum against counter-proposal and than another initiative from die mitte, right? Seems like a mess.
Fair way to do it was figured by other countries, like Germany, long ago: Divide the joint income by 2, calculate taxes on it as if it’s a single individual, multiply result by 2.
I don’t get it why Switzerland instead chooses between two alternatives that are both worse:
– current scheme applies higher brackets on step 2 than the ones used for individuals, thus penalizing households with small income disparity compared to individuals;
– proposed alternative puts households with huge income disparity at a disadvantage compared to households with same total income, which is not as evenly distributed;
I suppose because the “fair” way would yield less total taxes compared to either option…
As I am no specialist here : why is it so difficult to image an universal “source taxation” model?
Time for a flat tax with a generous deduction per person (one number per adult, another per child), and cut down on deductions otherwise ?
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Why is there always someone who tries to ruin stuff for us married and working..
Desperate housewives are lossing the leverage not to go to work
This referendum highlights the deep complexities of tax reform in a society that values both fairness and family. While individual taxation is often seen as a step toward gender equality and economic independence, especially for women, it’s crucial to consider the unintended consequences for single-income households and families with uneven earnings.
That said, the current system has long been criticized for penalizing married couples, particularly when both partners work. The challenge lies crafting a tax system that reflects Switzerland’s evolving social and economic realities, while being fair.
>Individual taxation would not lead to greater equality, the group argues. Instead it would penalise families, since married couples with only one income or very different incomes would be taxed significantly more than couples with two similar incomes.
Would taxes of single-income households increase?
We just can’t have nice things…
I’m all for individual taxation; down with the unfair marriage tax (“Hochzeitsstrafe”)!
on the one hand, i consider it unfair that a couple with mr making 200k and mrs not working is taxed less than a couple with mr and mrs each earning 100k (especially adding kids into the mix so the second couple has to pay the childcare).
on the other, if this makes it so the tax rate of individual incomes goes up and penalizes single individuals (already some of the most burdened people in terms of housing cost and scarce tax reductions), i do not consider this fair. singles can deduct half the cost of replacing a heater at home for example than married people do. but can they buy half a heater ?
Can someone explain how all those votes would likely be sequenced. AFAIR there is this initiative with counter-proposal, referendum against counter-proposal and than another initiative from die mitte, right? Seems like a mess.
Fair way to do it was figured by other countries, like Germany, long ago: Divide the joint income by 2, calculate taxes on it as if it’s a single individual, multiply result by 2.
I don’t get it why Switzerland instead chooses between two alternatives that are both worse:
– current scheme applies higher brackets on step 2 than the ones used for individuals, thus penalizing households with small income disparity compared to individuals;
– proposed alternative puts households with huge income disparity at a disadvantage compared to households with same total income, which is not as evenly distributed;
I suppose because the “fair” way would yield less total taxes compared to either option…
As I am no specialist here : why is it so difficult to image an universal “source taxation” model?
Time for a flat tax with a generous deduction per person (one number per adult, another per child), and cut down on deductions otherwise ?
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