It is 30 years since legislation was introduced to move from a system of taxation where husbands and wives were taxed jointly to one where they are taxed independently. With this in mind, the latest CIOT and IFS Debate was titled Taxing Families: 30 years after the introduction of independent taxation, have we got it right? It was held before an audience of civil servants, tax professionals, economists and journalists, in the RSA’s Great Room on 26 June 2018.