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unsworthblue

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I don’t mind contributing to make my local area and the world In general a better place,In fact it’s a wonderful idea ! We all contribute by paying a slice of what we earn back into ‘helping’ keep people healthy,educated etc !
The last few years I’ve started to look into where my hard earned goes to and to be honest I’m not happy at all,don’t think I get value for money and I don’t like that! Bury council take a lot of money off me,inland revenue etc etc etc
Anyone else not feeling like they are getting value for money from your hard earned (investment into society)
 
Debaser said:
I'm happy to pay tax to help those that can't, I detest paying tax to cover those who can but refuse
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Same as but what I am really getting at is do
You think you get value for money coz I don’t
I pay thousands out and don’t appreciate my return,it’s definitely not value for money
I think I could do better with the distribution of taxes
 
What bothers me is we pay tax when we earn it, we pay tax when we spend it, we pay tax when we save it and we pay tax on tax.

Then we see politicians spending my tax on their expensive lunches which I can't afford myself.
Absolutely infuriates me when they are reviewing pensionors fuel allowances etc...its a billionaire that runs this country with literally zero concept of how the majority of people live.

I think a politician should have to live for 6 months in Benchill on minimum wage before they can be considered for their roles.
 
I was corporate for 37 years of my working life, holiday pay, sick pay (about 10 days in my case over those years), pension, peer support.

Then struggled to get an employed job at the age of 53 so started a light haulage business, well out of my comfort zone, first year earned about £10k. Pension down the priority list, improved over the years but I can’t fault any small business owner from taking advantage of avoiding tax.

If I’d had carried on with my “employed” career my pension would be about 25% better, Working self employed in a small business is proper tough.
 
Debaser said:
I'm happy to pay tax to help those that can't, I detest paying tax to cover those who can but refuse
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yeah why the utterly rich think that what they need to do is make themselves richer still by not paying taxes disgusts me which is why I support the Labour policy of removing non-dom status
 
HolisticJim said:
I think a politician should have to live for 6 months in Benchill on minimum wage before they can be considered for their roles.
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I've always thought MPs' salaries should be directly linked to the median salary of the country. Make it double. So if you increase everyone else's standard of living, you get a pay rise. If you fuck the economy up, you don't.
 
unsworthblue said:
Same as but what I am really getting at is do
You think you get value for money coz I don’t
I pay thousands out and don’t appreciate my return,it’s definitely not value for money
I think I could do better with the distribution of taxes
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A better distribution of taxes absolutely, the things I think taxes should fund are repeatedly lowered to give tax breaks to those that already have more than enough, but I also know that paying less in tax results in less public spending and worse outcomes across the board. If things are bad now with what is being spent, reducing that spending makes the bad worse.
 
It's still insane to me that you pay less tax on capital gains than you do on your actual job. Make money by going to work every day? 20-45% please. Make money sitting on your fat arse all day doing fuck all? Just 20%, thanks.
 
The only people who pay tax are the men and women of this country the ones who can afford to pay more are the rich fuckers who have accountants to make sure they dodge as much as they can
 
hammocity said:
I was corporate for 37 years of my working life, holiday pay, sick pay (about 10 days in my case over those years), pension, peer support.

Then struggled to get an employed job at the age of 53 so started a light haulage business, well out of my comfort zone, first year earned about £10k. Pension down the priority list, improved over the years but I can’t fault any small business owner from taking advantage of avoiding tax.

If I’d had carried on with my “employed” career my pension would be about 25% better, Working self employed in a small business is proper tough.
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Are you glad that you made the change ?
 
Like death, it’s inevitable.

Unless of course you’re incredibly rich and connected and then you can avoid it like the fucking plague even though you can afford it more than most.
 
I'm With Stupid said:
I've always thought MPs' salaries should be directly linked to the median salary of the country. Make it double. So if you increase everyone else's standard of living, you get a pay rise. If you fuck the economy up, you don't.
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There salaries should be increased but they get zero expenses. There should be two tower blocks built in London, each MP gets a two bedroom flat, gas heating etc paid for. That way they can’t claim for second house etc. They are each assigned an assistant so they can’t employ anyone as well. Once they lose their seat they lose the apartment, their pension should be reflected in the years they do as in any other job.
 
idahoblues said:
Are you glad that you made the change ?
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Mixed feelings really, as self employed you really have to have the motto “the customer is King”, I did everything I could not to lose a customer but it still happened, it’s ego massaging a lot of the time dealing with under appreciated staff at some companies. Quite often they are ambivalent to the pressure they put you under. A nice bottle of top end spirits for Christmas used to help the cause, my last year I spent around £500 on what was essentially “bribes”.
 
My mother passed away on the 12th March. Today I have received a letter from HMRC demanding I pay £436 as she had paid too little tax over the last year. I'm not sure where to start with this. Any ideas
 
The executor must Pay it once probate is granted if there is enough money in the estate.. HMRC are a bona fide creditor.

However any letter saying you need to repay overpayment of state pension can be ignored. It reads as if it is compulsory but it is not enforceable.
 
unsworthblue said:
Anyone else not feeling like they are getting value for money from your hard earned (investment into society)
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I look at it like this.....When I visit countries like Indonesia, Viet Nam, Vanuatu etc. and see how people live I'm happy to pay tax on everything for free health care, schools, clean running water, as much good food as I want to eat, a safe society to live with good roads and public transport.
Plus all the other benefits living in a first world country has.
I realise things could always be better but I just tell myself things could be a million times worse.
We won the lottery imo.
 
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