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Because I got done for drink driving I don't have a right to moan about taxes?
You sound like a bigger idiot the more this thread goes on.
I'm not an idiot at all.
Possibly not, but then since your expenditure on the drive course and court costs comes to 370 quid it's hardly peanuts.
It's odd that you would get taxed so much, but then I think the only reason that you would pay so much would be because you have earnt a lot of money.
700 quid seems like a large amount though.
Speak to a financial advisor. Or your human resources dept.
I'm sure there's a First Bus down in England so please correct me if I'm wrong but First Glasgow is really the only citywide bus service and I'm sure they are a private company as are trains and stuff so really the public transport isn't an excuse to pay taxes.
The ban also resulted in my pretty much stopping taking heavy drugs, going to anger management and losing my fucking car for a year.. so BumbleBee - What the FUCK was your point about me moaning about taxes in relation to my ban??
If you don't want to say it here then PM it to me, don't just make comments then trail off from them.. :rolleyes:
Incase you didn't know, people make mistakes, even good people like me. :angel:
I know people make mistakes and I think you're doing a lot to put yours right, but your taxes pay for other services like the Police, court system etc. They wouldn't be as busy if people didn't make such mistakes. That is all, and in a simplified version because I genuinely think you're a nice person (despite calling me thick) and I don't want to get into a fight about it.
How does drink driving mean I can't moan about paying so much tax?
I think the court fines covered any costs incurred by the cops.
It's not like I intentionally drink drive every day and made a 'mistake' and got caught.
I went to town, came home in a taxi, went to sleep, got woken up to a shit load of abuse and drove up my girlfriends, there was then a domestic where I was arressted on foot.
I didn't even think I was over the limit, not even tipsy... but oh yeah I won't mention my taxes again.
I take it this goes for people who get caught speeding too, yeah??
not strictly true.
the tax boundaries apply to everyone. everone is entitled to an amount tax free. i think in this tax year it's something like £4800 a year. the next £2000 or so you earn ON TOP of that will be taxed at the starting rate, the next £20,000 or so at the basic rate, and from £31,500 upward, the 40%.
so, this means if one person is earning under the highest tax bracket, say £30,000, they have their £4800 tax free, £2000 at 10%, and the remaining £23,200 will be taxed at the 22% basic rate.
if someone is earning over the highest tax bracket, say £35,000, they will be taxed in the same way as the first person, with the exception that everything they earn over 31,500 (so £3,500 in this person's case) will be taxed at 40%.
I make sure I get LOADS of meds! lol
I should've stocked up beforehand.
but ...the rich and powerful don't want it legalising ...it's them whats making the big cash in hand tax free bucks ya see.
10 billion squids worth of cash in hand!
You can get help with prescription fees. Ask for a leaflet at the post office or your GPs surgery.
have you tried claiming your tax back? if you're only doing 10 hours a week, it's likely you're earning under the tax-free allowance. you may also be on emergency tax. ring up your local tax office and ask.
and if you earn less than £79 a week, you are exempt from paying national insurance contributions too.
See when I first started I was taxed 'cause of emergency tax and I got all that back. Since then (which was 2 and a half years ago) I've been taxed a few times and told that my tax code was right. Which means I can't claim it back. I think I earn about £73 a week, though the last pay day that I mentioned, I'd done quite a bit of overtime and earned £200 more than normal.
I've got one of those forms which I've sent off so hopefully I'll claim back the money I've spent on hayfever tablets/sprays and eye drops.
Thing is I'm working for a year before Uni; but my Mum said I still won't earn enough to warrant me paying it.
I've tried over the counter tablets but the ones I get are stronger.
fortunatley i'm tax exempt at the moment because i'm a student. i'm just not looking forward to when i'm not though. i know why its important to pay it etc but i was emergency taxed at first and it wasn't nice seeing my money being taken away.
Lipsy - students are not tax exempt. Everybody pays tax. If you earn above your tax free threshold (about £4800 in a year) then you will pay tax on it.
so if thats true.. do they work it out by not taxing you until you reach £4800 or by working out how much you will earn a year and taxing you straight away?
If you filled the form in then they will be aware that you are a student so they won't tax you until you've earned £4800. If you do manage to earn that much, well done!
thanks
If you had to single out 1 person who was constantly under stress and even had to do their job on holiday, and had the most important job in Britain who would it be?
Look at what football players are getting paid for kicking a bag of air about - Tony Blair is actually doing something that affects every single person in this country.
can't understand why anyone would want the job.
even worse is being the future king ...can't pop down the pub for a game of pool can he. can't even shag ugly old women without getting grief ...always got his roses to talk to though i suppose.
It was just the way he brought in the changes to his salary. He won his second term and then gave himself and all the MPs substantial payrises. Even though they had been ok-ed by the budget beforehand for working in government they still get paid tonnes!! I think it's around the £140k mark for Tony Blair, and around £80k for his cabinet ministers!
It's a demanding job but when you see Prescott with 3 jags it does seem a bit like they're getting more than their fair share. But like I said; with everything else in proportion the amount paid to MPs is nothing to worry about.
Do you know that it costs more of your tax to get you caught, replace the window, do the court proceedings or whatever. I seriously don't see how beating someone up could be justified as worth it, because you paid too much tax.
There are so many examples of why its a bad idea its alarming, most of all Americans spend FAR more on health care than we do and many dont get any at all.
Think about it, whenever you go to the doctor you have to deal with an insurance man, whenever you get a script you have to fill in a form, whenever you have anything wrong you have to fill in another form.
Now, if you have had ANY dealings with insurance you will know that they dont want to pay out, so you have to demonstrate definately that you NEED the care every step of the way.
My mother-in-law for example had treatment delayed because of insurance which could mean she can NEVER drive again.