Taxes allow men to earn money off the backs of women

Yes, gender inequalities are also present in taxes. This was revealed by a report by the Observatory for the economic empowerment of women, created by the Women’s Foundation and the Crédit Municipal de Paris. It shows that on inheritance, income tax, compensatory benefits paid after a divorce, or even social benefits, women would earn less than men, as noted Madame Figaro.

The report reveals it the French tax system, like that of social benefits, still based on the joint income of the couple, places women at a strong disadvantage.

The French tax system disadvantages women in straight couples by default

Today, the custom tax rate, which is common to both members of the pair, is currently applied by default. Gold, reduces the rate of the spouse with the highest earnings by 13 points and increases that of the spouse with the lowest incomes, mostly women, by 6 points.

Given that they have the lowest salary (remember, according to INSEE, three out of four women earn less than their spouse), in proportion to their wages, therefore pay more taxes than men. A situation that would tend to keep them in a form of economic dependence on their spouse. The magazine then cites as an example the women who prefer to have a part-time job, in order to avoid the couple’s tax increase.

Thereby, MP Renaissance (Macron’s party formerly called LREM) by Essonne Marie-Pierre Rixain will present a bill on March 8. It would aim to establish an individualized default rate for income tax.

“It is an essential measure, on a macro and microeconomic scale. Micro, because we know very well that the personalized rate, common to the couple, increases the tax rate of the spouse with the lowest income by an average of six points, and reduces the one who receives the highest salary by thirteen points. It’s insane and very unfair “, said deputy a Madame Figaro.

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