Taxation poem and sadly true

[Good Plan Ted]

The initial message was deleted from this topic on 09 February 2025 at 22:49

[Countdown]

Someone doesn’t know their history.

[timbo999]

Garbage... income tax (for one) was introduced in the late 18th Century.

[Tankrizzo]

This is like getting a fwd:fwd:fwd:fwd:fwd email from my grandmother.

[Condi]

Income tax has been around since about 1800 and 100 years ago the UK was quite deep in debt from WW1.

[Dingu]

Christ that’s a load of crap.

[mac96]

Countdown said:

Someone doesn’t know their history.

Or their taxes. Medicare? Workers Comp? In the UK?

[Doofus]

mac96 said:

Countdown said:

Someone doesn’t know their history.

Or their taxes. Medicare? Workers Comp? In the UK?

It's evidently American in origin, which helps to explain why it's bks. Perpetuated by indiscriminate copying and pasting.

[valiant]

What’s poverty tax?

YES IT’S FUNNY! (cos it’s mostly ste)

[Skeptisk]

100 years ago it was such a great time. No NHS so if you got ill - so tough st unless you were rich enough to pay for a doctor.

Unemployed? Workhouse, emigration or starvation. Great choices.

You sound like a good friend who moans about taxes…despite earning more than half a million and having assets over £10 million. None of it inherited. So people saying you can’t get insanely rich whilst being “heavily taxed” aren’t really being truthful.

[Randy Winkman]

Skeptisk said:

100 years ago it was such a great time. No NHS so if you got ill - so tough st unless you were rich enough to pay for a doctor.

Unemployed? Workhouse, emigration or starvation. Great choices.

You sound like a good friend who moans about taxes…despite earning more than half a million and having assets over £10 million. None of it inherited. So people saying you can’t get insanely rich whilst being “heavily taxed” aren’t really being truthful.

Exactly. The cr*p about 100 years ago is ridiculous. When we had an empire and the UK was "wealthy" most people were living in sh*t conditions compared with now.

[Sway]

I just cooked a lovely beef shin stew. I shall await the summons from HMRC for not paying the 'cooking tax'...

I reckon half of that list is complete bks.

[Gecko1978]

Sway said:

I just cooked a lovely beef shin stew. I shall await the summons from HMRC for not paying the 'cooking tax'...

I reckon half of that list is complete bks.

You pay tax on certian cooked foods in restaurants don't you vat I mean

[Sway]

Gecko1978 said:

Sway said:

I just cooked a lovely beef shin stew. I shall await the summons from HMRC for not paying the 'cooking tax'...

I reckon half of that list is complete bks.

You pay tax on certian cooked foods in restaurants don't you vat I mean

You do pay VAT in restaurants, but that's far from a 'cooking tax'.

[tight fart]

valiant said:

What’s poverty tax?

YES IT’S FUNNY! (cos it’s mostly ste)

National lottery

[macron]

Tankrizzo said:

This is like getting a fwd:fwd:fwd:fwd:fwd email from my grandmother.

Yep, from 2001 when she first got a Nokia, and hasn't realised she's used her entire quote of monthly SMS messages to send on this pile of steaming ste.

[eharding]

timbo999 said:

Garbage... income tax (for one) was introduced in the late 18th Century.

Some friends own part of the rectory in Ufton Nervet where income tax was dreamed up by Dr. Henry Beke before it was introduced in 1799. It's a very nice house, fond memories of some excellent parties, probably in the same rooms where Dr. Beke was making his plans.

[Gecko1978]

Sway said:

Gecko1978 said:

Sway said:

I just cooked a lovely beef shin stew. I shall await the summons from HMRC for not paying the 'cooking tax'...

I reckon half of that list is complete bks.

You pay tax on certian cooked foods in restaurants don't you vat I mean

You do pay VAT in restaurants, but that's far from a 'cooking tax'.

I mean it's a poem not an analysis from the IFS

[Sway]

Gecko1978 said:

Sway said:

Gecko1978 said:

Sway said:

I just cooked a lovely beef shin stew. I shall await the summons from HMRC for not paying the 'cooking tax'...

I reckon half of that list is complete bks.

You pay tax on certian cooked foods in restaurants don't you vat I mean

You do pay VAT in restaurants, but that's far from a 'cooking tax'.

I mean it's a poem not an analysis from the IFS

Here's a more accurate list...

Accounts Receivable Tax
Airline surcharge tax
Airline Fuel Tax
Airport Maintenance Tax
Building Permit Tax
Cigarette Tax
Cooking Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Goods and Services Tax (GST)
Death Tax
Driving Permit Tax
Environmental Tax (Fee)
Excise Taxes
Income Tax
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Petrol Tax (too much per litre)
Gross Receipts Tax
Health Tax
Heating Tax
Inheritance Tax
Interest Tax
Lighting Tax
Liquor Tax
Luxury Taxes
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Mortgage Tax
Pension Tax
Personal Income Tax
Property Tax
Poverty Tax
Prescription Drug Tax
Real Estate Tax
Recreational Vehicle Tax
Retail Sales Tax
Service Charge Tax
School Tax
Telephone Tax
Value Added Tax
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Water Tax
Workers Compensation Tax
Tax (VAT) on Tax.

In summary, it's a st poem.

[Randy Winkman]

At least we dont still have beard tax or soap tax.

https://www.ridgefieldconsulting.co.uk/tax-guides/...