Reply to: Budget 2015: Coalition 'to raise personal allowance towards £11k'

[vetran]

Bob Crow is dead isn't he?

How many council tenants earn more than £60,000?

this just at the £60k cut off.

I would suggest council & Social housing cut off should be at > average wage or at least commercial rent + 20% charged. Or where the household income goes above average. So 3 adults in the house earning £30k they pay 120% of commercial rent.

DCLG says the average tenant renting from a social landlord in England is being subsidised by the taxpayer to the tune of £3,600 a year.

[TheCyclingProgrammer]

Doesn't increasing your tax-free allowance mean you CAN "get mo' money from divvies" since the point at which you start paying higher-rate tax moves up accordingly?

With every recent increase in the personal allowance, I'm pretty sure the higher rate threshold has been decreased.

[DodgyAgent]

I would have no problem paying tax if it were spent effectively This foreign aid law is an expensive stunt - Telegraph

It is particularly revealing that left wing commentators that bang on about taxing people more never ever demand that tax be spent properly. Which is why so many public services are privatised to monopoly holding corporates.
The service is transferred from a public monopoly to a private one that usually delivers a better though far from decent service.

[DodgyAgent]

wrong, I'm quite happy to pay a fair share but i don't see why I should Fund Bob Crowe's burial plot or the government pouring money down the drain.

[d000hg]

Less tax less avoidance/evasion == more overall tax.

Not even close. Those on super-high earnings would still consider it worth it for the substantial savings, and those in the regular "higher tax bracket" range mostly just pay their tax anyway.

[Unix]

Everyone would love paying less tax to be a sustainable option.

Less tax less avoidance/evasion == more overall tax.

[vetran]

Bob Crow is dead isn't he?

yes but for years he lived in a subsidised council house whilst earning £150k a year, I assume his family still live there.

he is not the only famous person to do so, he was just the most high profile and publicly arrogant one to do so.

[d000hg]

Everyone would love to pay less tax.

Everyone would love paying less tax to be a sustainable option.

[moggy]

wrong, I'm quite happy to pay a fair share but i don't see why I should Fund Bob Crowe's council house or the government pouring money down the drain.

Bob Crow is dead isn't he?

[vetran]

ftfy

wrong, I'm quite happy to pay a fair share but i don't see why I should Fund Bob Crowe's council house or the government pouring money down the drain.

[fullyautomatix]

Everyone would love to pay no tax.

ftfy

[Unix]

How would that win the election for them ? Making tax system simpler is not a priority, winning the election is.

Everyone would love to pay less tax.

[d000hg]

And people care how much tax they pay, not how simple it is. It mostly is quite simple anyway, since we use bands rather than some sliding scale.

[fullyautomatix]

They should do away with all these personal allowances and bands and just have a flat 15% across the board. The tax system would be much simpler (cheaper) and less people would avoid as it's so low. Do that and raise the minimum wage with inflation.

How would that win the election for them ? Making tax system simpler is not a priority, winning the election is.

[d000hg]

That's true but it's not a lot. Imagine you only paid tax on Salary+Divvies above 60k AND you split shares between you and spouse 50/50 so 120k tax free money (I know its not really tax free but no Self assesment tax bill)

I know what you mean but ultimately "I'm earning too much" is not really a problem