Cecilia Keaveney
Question:102 Cecilia Keaveney asked the Minister for Finance whether a person should be taxed on her deserted wife's allowance. [15592/96]
Vol. 468 No. 4
102 Cecilia Keaveney asked the Minister for Finance whether a person should be taxed on her deserted wife's allowance. [15592/96]
It is a general principle of taxation that, as far as possible, income from all sources should be subject to taxation. In line with this principle income from most social welfare payments, including the deserted wife's allowance, is therefore reckonable as income for tax purposes.