JSA - taxable income??

JSA - taxable income??

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sleep envy

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62,260 posts

249 months

Tuesday 16th February 2010
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Received a letter in the post from HMRC yesterday informing me that seeing as I have now found gainful employment I will be taxed on the £1,620 of JSA I received in the 7 months I was out of work.

They must have been pissing themselves when they came up with that idea.

sleep envy

Original Poster:

62,260 posts

249 months

Tuesday 16th February 2010
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Eric Mc said:
Introduced by Mrs T back in the 80s - you know, the great heoine of PH - to motivate all those "dole scroungers" to look for jobs.

Job Seeker's Allowance, as well as State Pensions, are taxable even though you have, in theory, funded them out of taxed income during periods when you were earning.
so the £100 they gave me as a 'bonus' once I found a job funds the tax I am to pay?

priceless

sleep envy

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62,260 posts

249 months

Tuesday 16th February 2010
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Dupont666 said:
You got a bonus.... WTF...

WHERE THE HELL WAS MINE!! grumpy

I got a job without wasting their time too...
I thought you didn't sign on?

sleep envy

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62,260 posts

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Wednesday 17th February 2010
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noted, cheers

sleep envy

Original Poster:

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Wednesday 17th February 2010
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Chris_w666 said:
Just please tell me you parked the GT3 as close to the Job Centre as possible when signing on.
when I had my period of weekly meetings on one day I turned up in the A3, the next in the 993tt and the week after in the GT3 having parked outside the building hehe

tbh the place was flooded with professionals and I struck up a friendship with a solicitor who signed on at the same time as me, he'd turn up in his 09 Maserati biggrin

we both were just there to get our mortgage insurance forms signed, I could have done without the ball ache for just £60 a week