COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[kevin horlocks wand]

Unprecedented.

flatten the curve

 

[BlueHammer85]

flatten the curve

Loo Roll

 

[johnmc]

agreed but that means the mortality rate is a lot lower then .

Depends. Are the elderly, who is more likely to kill, being tested for it when they die? Ie if a 90 year old with underlying issues passes away are they testing for coronavirus in the post mortem so to speak?

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

flatten the curve

Train guy should do a clip only using the buzzwords from press conferences when this is all over.

You are, as always, an unprecedented bat.

 

[Ardwick Green Blue]

agreed but that means the mortality rate is a lot lower then .

If the true number of cases in the UK is 'only' ten times the number of officially confirmed cases (& I reckon it's far higher) then the mortality rate is very low. It could actually be tiny.

 

[Summerbuzz]

So... almost afraid to ask.... but I wonder what's happened to SebBlue?

 

[M18CTID]

Even during a pandemic you can rely on a Chippy v SWP tax debate.

Tax debate or tax rebate?

 

[meltonblue]

When they said they'd pay up to 80% of wages, I assumed they meant that would then be taxed to be honest.

 

[Saddleworth2]

Train guy should do a clip only using the buzzwords from press conferences when this is all over.

You are, as always, an unprecedented bat.

I owe you a cappa choo choo.

 

[True_Blue69]

Whatever site you’ve just used, it’s wrong.

You don’t pay £5,000 in basic tax plus national insurance on a £25k annual wage.

That means that person has no personal allowance.

Earn £25,000 gross in 2019/2020 and you'll take home £20,538. This means £1,711 in your pocket a month.

Over the year you'll pay £2,498 income tax and £1,964 in National Insurance.

ie your total tax would be circa 20% (if we call NI a tax, which it isn’t, in terms of basic income taxation, it’s contribution towards your state pension qualification and the NHS)

That’s why I’m asking if this 80% thing is then taxed. Because if it’s not, it’s basically the same net pay people would have received before.

Yes mate it is subject to tax and NI as normal.

https://www.accountancydaily.co/government-pay-80-salary-furloughed-workers