Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 16 November 2021

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage

Photo of Gerald NashGerald Nash (Louth, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 7:

In page 10, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following:
“Report on the treatment of Cohabitants under the Taxes Acts

3.The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the treatment of cohabitants under the Taxes Acts with regard to the differences in the taxation of a married couple and a cohabiting couple.”.
The Minister will be aware of this issue which entered the public domain in recent months, particularly in the context of social welfare rights and entitlements when a long-standing partner may pass away and they are not legally civil partnered or married. There are implications for cohabiting couples in the context of the tax code.

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