Did I also mention that, in common with just about everyone else over here who doesn't own their own business, I don't have to do any kind of tax return whatsoever?
Enjoy 1040 and its friends.
I'll be in the pub if you need me.
Whatever gets you through the paperwork
Did I also mention that, in common with just about everyone else over here who doesn't own their own business, I don't have to do any kind of tax return whatsoever?
Enjoy 1040 and its friends. I'll be in the pub if you need me. |
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so how do you know what the government is taking?
So how many also work off the books because they do not have to file a tax status form? Curious.
Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 58 years. meep
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It's on my payslip every month.
And I get a P60 form at the end of the year, showing a summary for the year.
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Remember...
Taxes were what founded this country. Or... well the abhorrence of taxes.
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greg@gregfolkert.net "No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible." --Stanislaw Jerzy Lec |
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Damn Tea Party
Messing us up again... Bitter irony?
Just a few thoughts,
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Bitter Tea... more like.
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do they break it down at all or is it just a single sum?
What percentage would be interesting as well. How do you handle job expenses that your job doesn't cover? Home internet, gas costs for short trips etc?
Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 58 years. meep
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What is this thing you earth people call
"job expenses that your job doesn't cover"?
If I spend money, I claim it back. There's no tax implication. Every mile I drive for work is accounted and claimed for. If I were being taxed on BIKs, such as fuel, that would be broken out. |
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Does 30% on 62K sound about right?
I used this http://www.listentotaxman.com/index.php
and have no idea if that's right. I didn't plug anything into "pension" contribution, nor "allowances/deductions" nor "childcare vouchers". Just clicked "married" and put in 62K pounds (approx $100,000 US) for an example. |
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Wouldn't be a million miles out.
Probably a little bit higher. The higher tax rate (40%) kicks in at ~£35K, so:
£0-10K: untaxed £10-35K: 20% £35K-whogivesacrap: 40% |
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Interesting.
If you're at or near US household median income (51K USD/year), you'd take home *more* if you had your tax code and national health insurance than you would here (assuming you purchase a family health insurance plan through your employer). With the added bonus of not needing to file for bankruptcy if you or a family member gets sick.
I've always suspected that would be the case, but now I know it. Thanks! |
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You also forgot to mention your Queen.
In fact, all your "royals". Except you don't really have to. Because over here we apparently can't get enough of "the royals" judging by what's on our "news" sites and teevee shows. Pretty idiotic when you think about it: we fought a war and founded a nation so that we didn't have to hear from your royals anymore and now it's HUGE news here when one of them gets knocked up. Or dates. Or falls down drunk. Or loses weight. ... Jesus. You're right. We are an inferior breed.
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Nuh-uh.
You fought a war so that rich white male land-and-slave-owning Americans could pay less tax*.
Which is exactly as it should be, dammit! *This may be simplifying things a tad |
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But not greatly simplifying things. ;0)
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We've fought lots of wars. Which one are you referring to?
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Does it really matter which one?
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(Right answer.)
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Or, IOW: Most of them.
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American Healthcare - It is to laugh
- (pwhysall)
- (61)
- Oct. 22, 2013, 01:33:45 AM EDT
Yeah. They should get off our lawn.
-NT
- (CRConrad)
- Oct. 22, 2013, 02:59:19 AM EDT
Yeah, we're stupid.
- (mmoffitt)
- (19)
- Oct. 22, 2013, 08:31:54 AM EDT
TWICE!
-NT
- (folkert)
- Oct. 22, 2013, 08:35:34 AM EDT
Whatever gets you through the paperwork
- (pwhysall)
- (17)
- Oct. 22, 2013, 10:05:01 AM EDT
so how do you know what the government is taking?
- (boxley)
- (9)
- Oct. 22, 2013, 10:26:29 AM EDT
It's on my payslip every month.
- (pwhysall)
- (8)
- Oct. 22, 2013, 10:37:00 AM EDT
Remember...
- (folkert)
- (2)
- Oct. 22, 2013, 10:41:13 AM EDT
Damn Tea Party
- (danreck)
- (1)
- Oct. 24, 2013, 05:07:10 PM EDT
Bitter Tea... more like.
-NT
- (folkert)
- Oct. 24, 2013, 09:42:21 PM EDT
do they break it down at all or is it just a single sum?
- (boxley)
- (4)
- Oct. 22, 2013, 12:25:10 PM EDT
What is this thing you earth people call
- (pwhysall)
- (3)
- Oct. 22, 2013, 12:54:01 PM EDT
Does 30% on 62K sound about right?
- (mmoffitt)
- (2)
- Oct. 22, 2013, 01:05:49 PM EDT
Wouldn't be a million miles out.
- (pwhysall)
- (1)
- Oct. 22, 2013, 01:21:20 PM EDT
Interesting.
- (mmoffitt)
- Oct. 22, 2013, 01:27:08 PM EDT
You also forgot to mention your Queen.
- (mmoffitt)
- (6)
- Oct. 22, 2013, 10:42:25 AM EDT
Nuh-uh.
- (pwhysall)
- (5)
- Oct. 22, 2013, 10:55:54 AM EDT
But not greatly simplifying things. ;0)
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- Oct. 22, 2013, 10:57:02 AM EDT
We've fought lots of wars. Which one are you referring to?
-NT
- (drook)
- (3)
- Oct. 22, 2013, 11:08:17 AM EDT
Does it really matter which one?
-NT
- (folkert)
- (1)
- Oct. 22, 2013, 12:41:47 PM EDT
(Right answer.)
-NT
- (Ashton)
- Oct. 22, 2013, 04:40:30 PM EDT
Or, IOW: Most of them.
-NT
- (CRConrad)
- Oct. 23, 2013, 03:44:55 AM EDT
You got some splainin' to do Petey
- (danreck)
- (37)
- Oct. 24, 2013, 05:24:27 PM EDT
"as mind numbingly incomprehensible as ours plus VAT"?
- (CRConrad)
- (29)
- Oct. 25, 2013, 01:51:55 AM EDT
Yup.
- (Another Scott)
- (15)
- Oct. 25, 2013, 08:15:41 AM EDT
Secretly? Not quite the right word there.
-NT
- (drook)
- Oct. 25, 2013, 08:49:40 AM EDT
so you are supporting the fairtax or still demagogueing it?
- (boxley)
- (13)
- Oct. 25, 2013, 10:34:58 AM EDT
Heh.
- (Another Scott)
- (12)
- Oct. 25, 2013, 11:31:05 AM EDT
support a VAT of 23% but not a sales tax of 23% got it :-)
-NT
- (boxley)
- (11)
- Oct. 25, 2013, 11:54:06 AM EDT
The difference between VAT and sales tax.
- (Another Scott)
- (10)
- Oct. 25, 2013, 12:48:45 PM EDT
We need to tax unearned income at the same rate as earned.
- (mmoffitt)
- (6)
- Oct. 25, 2013, 01:09:13 PM EDT
Agreed.
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- Oct. 25, 2013, 01:12:39 PM EDT
Damned Skippy!
-NT
- (folkert)
- Oct. 25, 2013, 04:48:00 PM EDT
agreed, it's all earned
-NT
- (boxley)
- (3)
- Oct. 25, 2013, 05:24:27 PM EDT
There you Go Again with the snide self-cancelling phrases
- (Ashton)
- (2)
- Oct. 25, 2013, 05:36:31 PM EDT
Re: There you Go Again with the snide self-cancelling phrase
- (boxley)
- (1)
- Oct. 25, 2013, 05:44:09 PM EDT
There's Shrub-grade mechanical-stubbornness.. for All t'see.
-NT
- (Ashton)
- Oct. 25, 2013, 06:16:55 PM EDT
oh, you mean like this?
- (boxley)
- (2)
- Oct. 25, 2013, 05:31:15 PM EDT
That's not how it works, do your homework
-NT
- (drook)
- (1)
- Oct. 25, 2013, 06:11:30 PM EDT
Why... when you will gladly will...
- (folkert)
- Oct. 26, 2013, 03:30:06 AM EDT
Re: "as mind numbingly incomprehensible as ours plus VAT"?
- (danreck)
- (12)
- Oct. 25, 2013, 10:53:53 AM EDT
Nope, you're still not getting it.
- (CRConrad)
- (11)
- Oct. 25, 2013, 03:17:14 PM EDT
Quite right.
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- Oct. 25, 2013, 03:28:11 PM EDT
So, in essence, you are Pete by proxy
- (danreck)
- (9)
- Oct. 25, 2013, 05:29:03 PM EDT
naw, save that for the good stuff
-NT
- (boxley)
- Oct. 25, 2013, 05:32:07 PM EDT
Mine's only ten, but he's precocious.
- (CRConrad)
- Oct. 25, 2013, 06:12:34 PM EDT
Now then, Dan--may I call you 'Dan', Dan?
- (Ashton)
- (5)
- Oct. 25, 2013, 06:14:42 PM EDT
Go right ahead and call him "Milkman Dan".
-NT
- (CRConrad)
- Oct. 25, 2013, 06:16:17 PM EDT
Always going for the Meta aren't you
- (danreck)
- (3)
- Oct. 28, 2013, 09:26:56 AM EDT
No, you just make an arse of yourself.
- (CRConrad)
- (2)
- Oct. 28, 2013, 05:05:25 PM EDT
sure, here crc, have some grapes
-NT
- (boxley)
- (1)
- Oct. 28, 2013, 05:41:31 PM EDT
Naah, grapes are far too sweet...
- (CRConrad)
- Oct. 28, 2013, 07:12:28 PM EDT
Re: European
- (a6l6e6x)
- Oct. 26, 2013, 11:50:39 AM EDT
Naw, it's dirt simple
- (pwhysall)
- (6)
- Oct. 26, 2013, 01:32:39 PM EDT
That's what I tried to explain to him, but he either refused
- (CRConrad)
- (5)
- Oct. 26, 2013, 05:54:37 PM EDT
It's just so very very sad...
- (jake123)
- (4)
- Oct. 27, 2013, 08:57:46 AM EDT
getting old, not as nimble
-NT
- (boxley)
- (3)
- Oct. 27, 2013, 12:33:40 PM EDT
Is that your excuse then?
- (folkert)
- (2)
- Oct. 27, 2013, 12:51:54 PM EDT
Gentle, now...
- (Another Scott)
- (1)
- Oct. 27, 2013, 01:29:42 PM EDT
Yeah yeah...
- (folkert)
- Oct. 27, 2013, 01:34:11 PM EDT
But they love filthy socialism
- (warmachine)
- (1)
- Oct. 26, 2013, 11:47:13 AM EDT
Well, we've got the world's largest per-capita Gun supply..
- (Ashton)
- Oct. 26, 2013, 06:34:05 AM EDT
