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Fri 04 Apr 2009Moves to tax or limit child benefit face difficulties
SIGNIFICANT LEGAL and financial obstacles have emerged over the Government’s plans to either tax or means-test child benefit payments.
Briefing information for Government officials shows both routes are fraught with difficulties, such as how to define a household and how to ensure equity between different household types, such as married and co-habiting couples.
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