Arch
Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
...at long last. Got my first payslip from the new job today, and am actually earning enough to pay tax - hence I may now ligitimately complain about the state of the country....
I pay my taxes....
- Thread starter Arch
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Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
...and at long last you're doing something to fund the roads you keep riding on...
- Location
- the post-brexit wasteland
…and paying for my kids' education…
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Arch
Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
Fab Foodie said:...and at long last you're doing something to fund the roads you keep riding on...
Nah, I've been paying council tax for the last two years....
Alecs - well, it's a pleasure, but I like to think Oli will benefit too....
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Commiserations Arch.....slippery slope..they rob you of so much of your pay.......
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Arch
Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
fossyant said:
But the good thing is, in the process, I get money to play with! I can afford stuff!
Kestevan
Last of the Summer Winos
- Location
- Holmfirth.
Ah but think how many more shiny baubles you could afford if the tax man made like a swan.... and stuck his bill up his a.... 
Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
Damn, forgot that!Arch said:
Welcome to the club, if you do really well you can get to pay the tax man 40%
Flying Dodo
It'll soon be summer
Fab Foodie said:Damn, forgot that!
Welcome to the club, if you do really well you can get to pay the tax man 40%
or even 50%.
In fact for some higher earners on parts of their income, depending upon the amounts, you can have 60% marginal rates. At the other end of the scale you can also have the situation where someone's retired on a pension of £125 per week, and they might suffer an effective 100% tax on part of their income. That's the crazy world of badly drafted tax legislation and means testing for you!
summerdays
Cycling in the sun
- Location
- Bristol
I started paying tax last year - previous years I hadn't quite passed the tax threshold. Now I have to inform my bank
as we had all our savings in my name for obvious reasons.
as we had all our savings in my name for obvious reasons.
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Arch
Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
Fab Foodie said:Damn, forgot that!
Welcome to the club, if you do really well you can get to pay the tax man 40%
I very much doubt I'll ever reach that state!
Luckily, I don't seem to be earning enough to be over the threashold for paying back the student loan, so I'm still sponging off the nation in that respect... If I can just make it to whatever the cut off age is, I've won!
blazed
220lb+
Not with an attitude like that, pretty much what is wrong with the people in this country to many people happy to be losers.Arch said:I very much doubt I'll ever reach that state!
Luckily, I don't seem to be earning enough to be over the threashold for paying back the student loan, so I'm still sponging off the nation in that respect... If I can just make it to whatever the cut off age is, I've won!
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Arch
Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
blazed said:
There is, you know, more to life than money. I expect your Mum keeps you a bit tight on pocket money, so you haven't worked it out yet....
blazed
220lb+
I wouldnt know about pocket money i have been working since shortly after i left school and have been self employed for the last few years. It sounds like you have a lot more experience of living within the restraints of pocket money than me.Arch said:
Ashame the college loan didnt seem to do you any good, instead of coming out of college all eager to take on the world you are happy to settle on crap pay and thinking of how to get out of paying back your college loan, great.
