Submitted on Thursday 26th November 2020
Rejected on Thursday 3rd December 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Introduce solidarity tax to pay for Covid debts
In times of immense difficulty, such as after wars, the concept of a solidarity tax (or recovery tax, or suchlike) is sometimes introduced. This is essentially a small increment on taxes (such as income, capital gains, etc.) that is already paid, in order to provide for the recovery.
The Government should consider a solidarity tax. Germany covered the two trillion Euros for reunification like this. The Government proposes to cover the Covid debt of £380b by various income taxes, reduction in foreign aid, lowering of council services, public sector pay freezes, etc. This is a depressing "death of a thousand cuts". A phased, means-tested solidarity tax is a single, clear tax that will allow recovery in 10 years, yet allow the nation to continue to invest, build and grow.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We understand that you want the Government to change taxes to pay off debts incurred as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak, but it's not clear what changes you want the Government to make to current taxes. Your petition refers to increasing the rate of existing taxes and says this should be phased and means-tested, but it's not clear what taxes you want to be changed, and how.
You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.
We have published the following related petitions, which you might like to sign:
Increase Corporation Tax and tackle tax avoidance to fund economic recovery: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/320783
Windfall Tax Profits made by Companies during the Covid 19 Pandemic: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/555131
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