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  Finance Bill - Clause 11 - Transferable Tax Allowance for Married Couples and Civil Partners
  
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  @ MP voted aye in favour of allowing married couples and civil partners to transfer their income tax free allowance to their partner.
  
  @ MP voted no against allowing married couples and civil partners to transfer their income tax free allowance to their partner.
  
  
  The majority of MPs voted in favour of allowing married couples and civil partners to transfer their income tax free allowance to their partner, giving a tax cut to those couples with an unused allowance. 
  
  MPs were considering the Finance Bill[1]. This vote was on the motion:
  
  :That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  
  The clause in question was clause 11 of the Bill titled ''Tax relief for married couples and civil partners''[2]. The explanatory notes to the Bill explain[3]:
  
  :This clause introduces a transferable tax allowance for married couples and civil partners.
  
  This introduced a tax benefit arising from marriage or entering a civil partnership where one partner has an unused personal income tax allowance. 
  
  
  
  
  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2013-14/financeno2.html Parliament's webpage on the Finance Bill]
  * [2] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2013-2014/0190/cbill_2013-20140190_en_2.htm#pt1-ch2-pb1-l1g11 Clause 11 of the Finance Bill as at the time of the vote]
  * [3] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2013-2014/0190/en/14190envol1.pdf Explanatory notes to the Finance Bil]
  
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