Sentences with phrase «earner families»

Those who would benefit most would be a single earner family with income exceeding $ 125,000.

Will the Chancellor confirm that his change to Child Benefit equates to a 6p increase in income tax for a single earner family on # 45,000?

What happened to the research findings that showed fathers doing more childcare in dual earner families than all other kinds of care put together?

It's also encouraging that the proportion of dual - earner families in which women earned more than their husbands is up from 23.3 % in 1994 to 30.4 % in 2011.

The think tank Dēmos estimates that, over a lifetime, retirement - account fees «can cost a median - income two - earner family nearly $ 155,000.»

Single parent families would receive nothing, nor would two earner families earning within the same tax bracket.

Technology has made working from anywhere possible, and the uptick in dual - earner families makes rigid hours less attractive to talent.

The culprit is our progressive tax structure, since the one - earner family faces a much higher marginal tax rate.

A naturalistic observation study of dual - earner families after work and school.

This will hit single - earner families particularly hard.»

At the moment, a single earner family loses out in three ways: one earner tends to earn less than two in the market; for a given level of household income they are more likely to fall into a higher tax bracket; and they only get one Personal Allowance.

Offer's study uses a subsample from the 500 Family Study, consisting of 402 mothers and 291 fathers in dual - earner families who completed a survey and a time diary that collects information about the content and context of individuals» daily experiences, as well as the emotions associated with them, in the course of a week.

«A two wage earner family should have at least three months of living expenses in an emergency savings account, and I tell all my clients to make this a top priority for any financial plan.»

The most recent study of dual - earner families reported that on a typical workday, fathers spent a little more than 1.5 hours directly engaged with their three - month - old infants.

That figure fell to 37 percent by 2010, while the number of two - earner families rose to 60 percent.

This government has definitely cut taxes for high income one - earner families with children under 18 (15 % 0f families); for families with teenage children who apparently need «child care»; and for families who can afford to put their kids in sports leagues and camps and music lessons.

In 36 per cent of dual earner families it is the father, more than any other individual, who cares for children while the mother is at work.

These fees can be substantial: over a lifetime, fees can cost a median - income two - earner family nearly $ 155,000 and consume nearly one - third of their investment returns.

Even ignoring the presence of children, the one - earner family will pay $ 3,000 more in taxes.

The Task Force concluded that, in 1992, the population included in their analysis had a savings rate of 10.1 per cent, which is greater than the 8.9 per cent target rate that would allow two earner families to meet their retirement income target.

In other words for every dollar of tax relief a two - earner family gets a one - earner family with the same income will get $ 3.50 — three and a half times as much.

In other words, one can not simply look at tax rates and conclude that because a two - earner family pays less tax than a single earner family with the same income the tax system is treating people unfairly

A single earner family has the choice for one spouse to stay home while maintaining a $ 60,000 income, whereas a two earner family does not have that choice unless they want to have their income cut in half.

A single earner family with income of $ 60,000 should not pay a higher tax rate than a two - earner family earning $ 60,000.

A two - earner family in no way faces the «economic circumstances» as a single earner family with the same income.

According to the Department of Finance this is how a one - earner family, with two children under the age of six, earning $ 60,000 would benefit from last week's announcements.

In 2015 a two - earner family would receive $ 875 in tax relief compared to a similar one - earner family, which would receive $ 3,196.

Or that even with the $ 2,000 cap, benefits from income splitting will accrue disproportionately to wealthy single - earner families.

According to the C.D. Howe Institute these marginal tax rates on two earner families can be as high as 60 per cent and even higher.

While property is relatively more affordable in other parts of the country (six times the average salary in the North - east rather than 14 times in London) it's impossible to ignore that even in the most affordable areas house prices are geared towards two - earner families with two or fewer children.

«In 10 percent of dual earner families the father and mother work two different work shifts so they can cover childcare.

After this year's budget there was a bit of a backlash from stay at home mums (and dads) because of the lack of support afforded one - earner families.

For a two earner family both on average wages, after VAT and tax credits, it's the same as 5p up in the basic rate of income tax this year and just 1p down next.

«The Chancellor's policy on child benefit seems to be that a two - earner family on # 84,000 can keep all their child benefit, but a one - earner family on # 43,000 — whether that is a single parent, or where mum or dad stays at home to look after the kids — will lose all their child benefit, which is # 2,500 if the family has three kids.

«It can not be right that a two - earner family each earning # 42,000 would keep all their child benefit, but a single - earner family on # 43,000 would lose it all at a stroke.»

Writing on his blog, the Shadow Chancellor singled out cuts to tax credits, saying: «It's a Strivers» Tax which will cost a one earner family with two children on # 25,000 a year almost # 500.»

One of the reasons for this perhaps surprising fact is that higher thresholds tend to disproportionately benefit two earner families and such households are already more likely to enjoy above average incomes.

• He defended the fact that two - earner families will continue to get child benefit even if their combined income is above the higher - rate threshold.

Finally, the Contradictory model (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Croatia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Slovakia and Ukraine) preserves a highly gendered division of labour but also support the dual - earner family.

[5] Accredited, center - based childcare for a dual - earner family with two young children and with earnings at 150 percent of the average full - time worker's wage would cost that family, on average, 29 percent of their take - home pay.

«The burden of taxes falls more heavily on single - earner families than dual - earner families,» says Jack Mintz, director of the University of Calgary's School of Public Policy, who believes income splitting would be a fairer policy.

University of Calgary economist Jack Mintz has argued that the current tax system is unfair because it penalizes single - earner families with higher tax rates than those faced by couples bringing hope the same amount of total pay.

But he said reforms should also recognize that single - earner families have some advantages that dual earners do not, such as more unpaid time spent raising children and taking care of the home.

In the old days of single - earner families, the strategy of choice was to have a stay - at - home partner to handle the logistics of running the family.

Moreover, despite the hoopla surrounding the recent reforms in the UK which provide greater flexibility for fathers to use parental leave, the low replacement rate for wages during parental leave virtually ensures that the lower - waged worker, typically the woman, in a two - earner family will take it.