Do you give more than you get (taxes)

[Cyder]

Always helps if you put the link up so we can find out...

[thinfourth2]

27K down

Wheres my pet chav

If we are paying 27K then i want a pet chav

I can train them to mow the grass and things

[hyperblue]

Apparently I'm £5,457 out of pocket, though I suspect it's actually lot more than that. Also the calculator is assuming I take £3,000 in cash benefits?

[Bing o]

Happy to say that I now pay 0% tax to HMRC. I was in the top bracket before I left, and was not getting 27k's worth of indirect benefit.

So I fked off out of the shambles.

[mackie1]

£27k/yr down here.

[powerstroke]

thinfourth2 said:

27K down

Wheres my pet chav

If we are paying 27K then i want a pet chav

I can train them to mow the grass and things

yes plenty to go round but remember you will need to feed
a ballenced diet of McDonalds and Greggs to get the best from them ..but remember they are allmost nocturnal so dont expect any action before about 2 pm

Edited by powerstroke on Wednesday 23 November 09:22

[HOGEPH]

Not surprised to find out I was losing out.

[zcacogp]

£27,220 down.

Nice to know why we are working so hard, eh?


Oli.

[ukwill]

Its bollarx. Anything over £64,379 gives you the -27k figure...

[Odie]

"These figures are averages for each decile, so it is possible that no one in your particular household receives them. Benefits include both cash benefits, including the retirement pension or child benefit, and benefits in kind, which includes public spending on health and education, amongst other things."

So the figures are fudged to look good. It somehow works out that a single male in employment receives benefits of £10,000 apart from free eye tests, NHS dentist & GP I get nothing.

Id say this calculation is complete bks. It doesnt include all the taxes we pay and puts a gloss on the whole situation, trying to change public perception of tax.

Edited by Odie on Wednesday 23 November 09:35

[Maxf]

Apparently I am (like everybody else) 27k down. I can't see what I actually do get though - I claim nothing, have no kids, have private healthcare (but DO have a very good GP, admittedly) and a private dentist.

I want a pet chav and an electric shock collar.

[Eric Mc]

Bing o said:

Happy to say that I now pay 0% tax to HMRC. I was in the top bracket before I left, and was not getting 27k's worth of indirect benefit.

So I fked off out of the shambles.

So where are you now?

[Eric Mc]

Maxf said:

Apparently I am (like everybody else) 27k down. I can't see what I actually do get though - I claim nothing, have no kids, have private healthcare (but DO have a very good GP, admittedly) and a private dentist.

I want a pet chav and an electric shock collar.

So you only wish to pay taxes that you can benefit directly from yourself?

[rs1952]

thinfourth2 said:

Wheres my pet chav

If we are paying 27K then i want a pet chav

I can train them to mow the grass and things

You can hire one.

Put an advert in Sainsbury's

But word it rather better .....

[Biker's Nemesis]

Whey hey......I'm 27k up!

[J B L]

It's funny that by working less you are better off.

Since the birth of our daughter my wife has been part time (2 days off per week).

If whe was earning her full salary, we'd be at -27k. By earning 3/5 of her salary we are at -12.5k. I feel dirty for sponging the system

[Eric Mc]

J B L said:

It's funny that by working less you are better off.

Since the birth of our daughter my wife has been part time (2 days off per week).

If whe was earning her full salary, we'd be at -27k. By earning 3/5 of her salary we are at -12.5k. I feel dirty for sponging the system

You can alway donate the surplus to charity.

[turbobloke]

ukwill said:

Its bollarx. Anything over £64,379 gives you the -27k figure...

It's deciles

That's what happens.

[Bing o]

Eric Mc said:

Bing o said:

Happy to say that I now pay 0% tax to HMRC. I was in the top bracket before I left, and was not getting 27k's worth of indirect benefit.

So I fked off out of the shambles.

So where are you now?

Somewhere that doesn't mug you everytime you get a wage slip. In fact, I pay my 2011 taxes in 2012, and even then, it's in installments.

Income tax should by capped at a max of 20% IMO. The increase in consumption and associated taxes as a result would make up the shortfall from the income tax bill as well as stimulating economic growth. The UK's myopic obsession with taxing the wealthy more and more is totally destructive to both the economy and society. It's so fking obvious, but no-one can see it. Most curious.

[Maxf]

Eric Mc said:

Maxf said:

Apparently I am (like everybody else) 27k down. I can't see what I actually do get though - I claim nothing, have no kids, have private healthcare (but DO have a very good GP, admittedly) and a private dentist.

I want a pet chav and an electric shock collar.

So you only wish to pay taxes that you can benefit directly from yourself?

Not at all. I'm not wealthy by any stretch, live in a shared flat in London but seem to pay the best part of £30k into a massive pot which I have no doubt is largely wasted.

I don't begrudge paying taxes. I very much begrudge the money I pay being wasted on chavs, quangos, hairbrained schemes and idiocy. I work hard for them to waste that.