One rule for them...

[Churchill]

And where does the portion of a state employee's salary paid in income tax come from?

It ceases being yours when it is handed to the state.

Stop whinging and pay up. It's only fair after all.

[expat]

it doesn't say anything about tax due on those travel expenses

Um, you're right.

[Spartacus]

And where does the portion of a state employee's salary paid in income tax come from?

[Mailman]

The difference between these guys and you is that they are actually paying income tax

Mailman

[Spacecadet]

it doesn't say anything about tax due on those travel expenses

[Sockpuppet]

Sweet. I might save that for when HMRC come looking for me.

[expat]

Daily commuting treated as work

Civil servants whose jobs have been moved out of Edinburgh are being allowed to treat some of their journeys to the office as work.
(They) can count the phone calls, e-mails and paperwork they do while commuting by train to Glasgow as part of their day.

The 150 staff of Transport Scotland relocated to Glasgow last year. Of these, 57 were having their extra travel expenses paid for.

A Scottish Executive spokeswoman said "The travel expenses will not be available to relocated staff indefinitely, and will be withdrawn after five years."

Not 2 years? Indeed, since they know it's permanent, wothdrawn now?