I hate the tax man!

[Tazzy]

paying tax i accept is a no brainer, however the amount just wrong, we pay tax on everything we pay and to an extent everything we sell, we pay tax as soon as weve earnt it, yet i have mates like we all do that refuse to work as theyre better off on the dole, as they get everything paid for them, my mate picks up £200 every 2 weeks and pays for nothing, thats £400 a month in his pocket for nothing, yet i only have £100 a month as extra cash and ive always worked and never signed on, and i have 2 children to provide for, how is that fair?

[Horney]

paying tax i accept is a no brainer, however the amount just wrong, we pay tax on everything we pay and to an extent everything we sell, we pay tax as soon as weve earnt it, yet i have mates like we all do that refuse to work as theyre better off on the dole, as they get everything paid for them, my mate picks up £200 every 2 weeks and pays for nothing, thats £400 a month in his pocket for nothing, yet i only have £100 a month as extra cash and ive always worked and never signed on, and i have 2 children to provide for, how is that fair?

It's not, but it makes you a better person if that helps?

I live in an ex council flat with my wife and I have to watch those around me get brand new fitted kitchens for nothing when I had to pay for mine. It sucks but in the end I'll be able to to work my up and have a bteer property and a better life. In 20 years they'll still be living off the state and having a pretty rubbish life.

Nick

[gibby]

Simple answer to that mate is, it's not. Nobody should ever be better off being a lazy tw@t and not wanting to work.

[mwep201081]

fact of the matter is I pay the same amount of duty & VAT on goods and items as a man who could be earning 20 million a year....That is not fair.....

Are you seriously suggesting that the more you earn the more you should pay in duty and VAT? Surely the guy earning 20mill is already paying a fair amount in tax on his income.

Nope. I'm suggesting duty and VAT are scrapped!!

[Tazzy]

alternatively, on a bigger scale, we could stop paying such high tax on working, alcohol, fuel, cigerettes (i dont smoke) food, etc, and in turn stop giving so much money away to other countries, who refuse to even help us!

lets but our economy first

but saying that, if other eu countries suffer, we suffer as theyre having all our businesses, such a knock on effect that at the end of the day, which ever way we look at it, will always affect us working tax payers...

maybe signing on job seekers (when they dont actually seek a job!) and claiming disability for having the attention span of a newt may help me?

i heard on tv a while back that apparently, the amount of money paid into the nhs to cater for smokers and smoke related illnesses is more than what the government gets back in tax of cigerettes? anyone shine any light on this?

[gibby]

Nope. I'm suggesting duty and VAT are scrapped!!

....then you'd have to pay even more tax on your earnings to make up the short fall. Good call !  

[Dan n Nic]

oh and at the moment im on patenerity leave for 2 weeks, thats only £128 per week!

congratulations on the new born I couldn't afford to take the paternity pay so had to take a weeks annual leave and my boss let me work from home for a week so I could still help out a bit around the house while the missus recovered.

It is horrible, but it's all proportional to your wage/tax code.

My total dudections in my pay last month were £6400!!! Thats when you REALLY hate the tax man!

Dunno what you're moaning about, you must be minted if that's what your deductions are, unless there are other circumstances you've not mentioned?
That's almost 3 times my take home at the end of the month!

Wish I was minted, 4 years back pay equals 4 years tax, N.I, Pension etc... etc... etc... but still ended up bringing home £7k  If only every month was the same. oh, and deductions even!

[mwep201081]

Nope. I'm suggesting duty and VAT are scrapped!!

....then you'd have to pay even more tax on your earnings to make up the short fall. Good call !  

exacly!!!!!!!!

[MS1COYS]

Cash cash cash cash cash all the way home 

[Steve_PD]