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You can take it, as long as you then go mute about other people taking benefitsOriginally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by formant View PostBit surprised that someone wouldn't want to be paid child benefit.
Of course in our line of work we don't 'need' it. But somehow we're all super concerned with paying as little tax as possible and keeping in control of as much of our earnings as we can. (Why else would you only pay yourself up to the higher tax limit?).
What then should feel wrong about claiming (tax funded) child benefit? You paid for it - it's yours.
But that, to me, felt "immoral" (i.e. wrong) and I didn't do it.
I suspect your average man on the street would consider it "immoral" that a contractor earning > 60K a year continues to get child benefit.
But in this case I'm not changing what I already do - it's just how it panned out. Still feels wrong though. I expect I'll get over it.Comment
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Originally posted by eek View PostYou should organise your corporate and personal affairs better. I think I would need to legally draw roughly £140,000 a year from my company before I would be hit by the child benefit rules.What happens in General, stays in General.You know what they say about assumptions!Comment
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Originally posted by mudskipper View PostWell, on the same basis I could have taken no divvies and got a full maintenance grant for my daughter to go to Uni.
But that, to me, felt "immoral" (i.e. wrong) and I didn't do it.
I suspect your average man on the street would consider it "immoral" that a contractor earning > 60K a year continues to get child benefit.
But in this case I'm not changing what I already do - it's just how it panned out. Still feels wrong though. I expect I'll get over it.What happens in General, stays in General.You know what they say about assumptions!Comment
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It's only temporary until you head to the states. Then it'll be the $70,000 health care bill you complain aboutmerely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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Originally posted by eek View PostYou should organise your corporate and personal affairs better. I think I would need to legally draw roughly £140,000 a year from my company before I would be hit by the child benefit rules.Comment
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Originally posted by rootsnall View Post??? 50K paid out in salary/divis, 40K into a pension ( any more would be daft now ), where's the other 50K going ?What happens in General, stays in General.You know what they say about assumptions!Comment
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Originally posted by escapeUK View PostDonate it to the BNP or UKIP and write to your locale MP to tell them you are doing so.
Don't work for Rochdale council do you?Comment
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