Originally posted by d000hg
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Originally posted by Jeebo72 View PostI know a 50yo brickie / window cleaner who bought a 250k house cash and has around 20K cash sitting in his house and pays little tax if at all. Unfair. Very unfair. I also know someone who earns close to 3million a year who pays near enough 10% tax. Unfair. Very unfair. And this is true! Just be thankfull you're paying about 25% and get on with it...
I' m happy paying 25% it's when it hits over 50% with employers and employees NI, I start to check the weather overseas. The business I'm setting up a the mo can be run from anywhere in the world with an internet connection. If it's successfull I'll stop posting on here and start posting on www.expat-taxavoiding-scumbags.com LOL.Signed sealed and delivered.Comment
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Originally posted by Jeebo72 View PostIf however you’ve been in the same IB for 5 years doing the same job. And yes I do mean same job, well ...
Another example of the "discrimination" against contractors is the refit that's going on in our offices. Some guys are her laying ethernet cables and have been for several months as there a 6 floors to do. I bet they aren't inside IR35. They are using their own tools though, so I guess that is ok! If it was practical I'd bring in my own desk and chair and stick my own PC on it. Heck - I might even argue that unless I specifically need to work on my clients PC I'll do it all on my own. But that would still mean government policy is making me do stupid things just to avoid paying unecessary taxes. So they still win.Signed sealed and delivered.Comment
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostAvoiding reviews and office politics doesn't stop you being an employee...
I dunno I think most of us contractors are clearly not employees, but are equally not independent businesses either. We have elements of both and lack elements of both.
I do suspect that many people who argue that IR35 is illogical are not motivated by horror of illogic, but by a simple wish to pay less tax. Well, we can all wish that.Job motivation: how the powerful steal from the stupid.Comment
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostAre you sure it's facist? Not bourgeois or any of the other melodramatic words people use without knowing what they mean?The material prosperity of a nation is not an abiding possession; the deeds of its people are.
George Frederic Watts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postman's_ParkComment
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Originally posted by Robinho View PostWhat they should do is just harmonise the dividend and income tax rate, and then there wouldn't be a problem.
They do that in France, for example. No separate NIC-style taxes. There are "social contributions" but you pay those on all income regardless of source or type. Therefore the Franch taxman feels no need to get into arguments with you about your employment status: he doesn't care, you're paying the same tax anyway.Job motivation: how the powerful steal from the stupid.Comment
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Originally posted by Jeebo72 View PostI know a 50yo brickie / window cleaner who bought a 250k house cash and has around 20K cash sitting in his house and pays little tax if at all. Unfair. Very unfair. I also know someone who earns close to 3million a year who pays near enough 10% tax. Unfair. Very unfair. And this is true! Just be thankfull you're paying about 25% and get on with it...Comment
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Originally posted by escapeUK View PostYes paying £300k a year in tax does sound unfair, I dont agree that one person should pay £5k and another £300k or more. There should be a top maximum it cannot go above.Comment
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Originally posted by The Spartan View PostI'm an external service provider how am I not a proper service provider?Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostBecause they hired you as a member of a team, a temporary employee to fill a gap.The material prosperity of a nation is not an abiding possession; the deeds of its people are.
George Frederic Watts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postman's_ParkComment
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