Ministers of UK are trying to bring married couples tax break over gay marriage.






Ministers are considering bringing in tax breaks for married couples as soon as next spring to try and appease Tory backbenchers over gay marriage.
Conservative sources say they want to introduce transferrable allowances - worth around £150 a year - as part of the 2013 Budget.
The controversial move will spark a huge row with their Lib Dem coalition partners, who are against the plans. But it would help placate Tory MPs who are angry about David Cameron’s insistence on legalising gay marriage.
It emerged last week that the law allowing same-sex marriage is to be fast tracked - with a vote happening as early as January. 

But any fast-tracking of the introduction of the marriage tax break - long promised by the Conservatives - could help reduce the size of the rebellion by showing backbenchers that they still have the interest of traditional couples at heart.
A senior Tory source told the Sunday Telegraph: ‘We will do this - the likeliest option is in the Budget.’
The measure would allow married stay-at-home parents to transfer part of their tax-free allowance to a working spouse, saving some four million married couples around £150 a year.
Backbenchers were quick to welcome any signs of a move.
Nick de Bois, secretary of the 1922 committee, said: ‘Introducing a married couples’ transferable allowance is a progressive tax that will help make work pay for households getting back to work and support families throughout the country.
‘This would be a welcome return to recognising hard-working families through the tax system.’
At least three Cabinet ministers have indicated they strongly support the speeding up of the plans. Gay married couples would also benefit from the tax break.

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