Damn those South East tax evaders ....

[anonymous-user]

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[0000]

And yet only an average £16.1k in income tax per tax payer. There must be a fair bit of disparity there, that or Elton John and Jensen Button have much more effective accountants than I do, which isn't unlikely I suppose.

[Adrian W]

Rich people pay more tax shocker!

[Andy Zarse]

"John O'Reilly, the Tory leader of Elmbridge Council, said: 'This is a good community, a diverse community..."

Diverse as in having doctors, lawyers and bankers?

[Fittster]

Do the rich southerns pay a higher percentage of their wealth on tax than a poor northern?

[okgo]

anonymous said:

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[Fittster]

anonymous said:

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Maybe some of us and luckier than others.

[0000]

Fittster said:

Do the rich southerns pay a higher percentage of their wealth on tax than a poor northern?

Yes.

[fido]

Andy Zarse said:

"John O'Reilly, the Tory leader of Elmbridge Council, said: 'This is a good community, a diverse community..."

Diverse as in having doctors, lawyers and bankers?

.. and Rock Stars!

Actually, when did Ronnie Wood move to Orange Woman County? He used to live in Kingston. It seems we've been left with the stars of Operation Yewtree.

[Andy Zarse]

Incidentally I've been a regular business visitor to Stoke on Trent for the last year or so. Frankly I'm not surprised it pays so little tax. The town is terribly down at heel and there's almost no industry left to speak of. Even mighty Wedgwood employs less than 800 people, and that is pretty much all that is left of the once mighty potteries.

[Fittster]

0000 said:

Fittster said:

Do the rich southerns pay a higher percentage of their wealth on tax than a poor northern?

Yes.

50/50 chance and you're very wrong.


http://www.ifs.org.uk/publications/4813

[jurbie]

Andy Zarse said:

Incidentally I've been a regular business visitor to Stoke on Trent for the last year or so. Frankly I'm not surprised it pays so little tax. The town is terribly down at heel and there's almost no industry left to speak of. Even mighty Wedgwood employs less than 800 people, and that is pretty much all that is left of the once mighty potteries.

Callcentres have taken over, the rest of us either work out of town or claim benefits. I'm typing this from Manchester.

[0000]

Fittster said:

0000 said:

Fittster said:

Do the rich southerns pay a higher percentage of their wealth on tax than a poor northern?

Yes.

50/50 chance and you're very wrong.


http://www.ifs.org.uk/publications/4813

I doubt it, it's not 2007 anymore.

[Fittster]

0000 said:

Fittster said:

0000 said:

Fittster said:

Do the rich southerns pay a higher percentage of their wealth on tax than a poor northern?

Yes.

50/50 chance and you're very wrong.


http://www.ifs.org.uk/publications/4813

I doubt it, it's not 2007 anymore.

The poor are disproportionally impacted by consumption taxes which have risen steeply since 2007.

And something for 2013: [url]http://paullewismoney.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/universal-credit-83-tax-rate-for-some.html[url]

[ClaphamGT3]

jurbie said:

Andy Zarse said:

Incidentally I've been a regular business visitor to Stoke on Trent for the last year or so. Frankly I'm not surprised it pays so little tax. The town is terribly down at heel and there's almost no industry left to speak of. Even mighty Wedgwood employs less than 800 people, and that is pretty much all that is left of the once mighty potteries.

Callcentres have taken over, the rest of us either work out of town or claim benefits. I'm typing this from Manchester.

Stoke on Trent - the land that hope forgot....

[chrisw666]

anonymous said:

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I live in one of these Labour heartlands and you're right the benefit generation is burgeoning. But don't forget that among the North's indigenous layabouts and problem families the north also seems to be a receptacle for st from the rest of the UK.

I don't have figures but I do have seen this happens a lot in Teesside and I think that Blackpool is a well documented case of what happens to a town when you just drop life's losers into one big sink and thing some magic plucky northerner gene will be awoken.

[0000]

Fittster said:

The poor are disproportionally impacted by consumption taxes which have risen steeply since 2007.

And something for 2013: http://paullewismoney.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/unive...

That's a bit random. They're also disproportionately impacted by the personal allowance, which has just about doubled since 2007, why didn't you mention that?

[Fittster]

0000 said:

Fittster said:

The poor are disproportionally impacted by consumption taxes which have risen steeply since 2007.

And something for 2013: http://paullewismoney.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/unive...

That's a bit random. They're also disproportionately impacted by the personal allowance, which has just about doubled since 2007, why didn't you mention that?

Because the point of the article is their high tax rate. You have provided 0 evidence so far to show the rich pay a greater proportion of their income on tax than the poor.

[0000]

Fittster said:

Because the point of the article is their high tax rate. You have provided 0 evidence so far to show the rich pay a greater proportion of their income on tax than the poor.

The poor now, it was a poor northern before. Wealth before and income now. I haven't provided evidence partly as I'm not sure what debate you're trying to have - all I could figure out was yes was the answer you were looking to get riled over!

[MrBrightSi]

chrisw666 said:

I live in one of these Labour heartlands and you're right the benefit generation is burgeoning. But don't forget that among the North's indigenous layabouts and problem families the north also seems to be a receptacle for st from the rest of the UK.

I don't have figures but I do have seen this happens a lot in Teesside and I think that Blackpool is a well documented case of what happens to a town when you just drop life's losers into one big sink and thing some magic plucky northerner gene will be awoken.

This.

Live in the midlands. We still make things here.

The majority of people who work regardless of where will graft. I think this whole southerners work harder is bullst, we all work just as hard when we have the ethic. Im sure that feckless jobless people around the UK are just as bad.