The closest Congress came to making
changes to the tax system came in 1941, when the House Ways and Means Committee proposed a mandatory joint return, with married couples being taxed on their combined income without the option to file separate returns or and without the option of applying community property laws.
The decisions the current Government takes on transport
to tackle the dual challenges of climate
change and rising oil prices could have significant repercussions for many years to come... Friends of the Earth is calling on the Government to: «Change direction on transport policy - and aim to rapidly move towards a low - carbon transport system... Vehicle Excise Duty must be changed to make road tax on gas - guzzlers more expensive - and cheaper for greener cars...&
change and rising oil prices could have significant repercussions for many years
to come... Friends of the Earth is calling on the Government
to: «
Change direction on transport policy - and aim to rapidly move towards a low - carbon transport system... Vehicle Excise Duty must be changed to make road tax on gas - guzzlers more expensive - and cheaper for greener cars...&
Change direction on transport policy - and aim
to rapidly move towards a low - carbon transport
system... Vehicle Excise Duty must be
changed to make road
tax on gas - guzzlers more expensive - and cheaper for greener cars...»
The statistics emerged ahead of a raft of controversial
changes to the benefits
system which will
come into force this week - including the «bedroom
tax» which sees council and social housing tenants facing reductions
to their benefits if they have empty rooms in their homes.