For families to remain recognized in the tax system!

Public petition n°3899

Petitioner: Aline Schaltz

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Don't abolish joint taxation - improve it. Reform must protect choice & diversity

The government plans to remove the family as a taxable unit. From 2028 onward, joint taxation (Class 2) is to be eliminated, leaving only individual taxation. A 25-year transition phase is meant to avoid immediate losses for families - but the message is unmistakable: Families will no longer be recognized as an economic unit. Every adult will be taxed individually, even when income, responsibility and care work are deliberately shared. We call for joint taxation not to be abolished but modernized and adapted to real life realities. Reform - yes, but a reform that expands choice instead of shrinking it. Families come in many forms today: two full-time earners, part-time models, care-partners, blended families, single parents. No one is obliged to have a family - but those who do support the future: children sustain pensions, families relieve state systems, households carry what society cannot. A single person uses their income alone. In families, however, a family income supports several people and makes childcare, care work, volunteering and other socially valuable activities - which generate no income themselves - possible. A tax model must reflect this reality: distribute first - tax second. A system that sees only individuals doesn't create freedom - it dissolves social cohesion. We launch this petition: - for a society that values family solidarity - for taxation that recognizes children, partnership, care work and volunteering - for the right to choose joint taxation over enforced individual taxation - for diversity over one-size-fits-all - for cohesion over division - for community over individualization