Donate to childline now nspcc

[LeJosh]

Re read what I said.

You're tax money per month is a certain amount, right?

How many services does your tax pay?

Divde the money taxed by services you pay to, you'll have a theoretical amount of what your money goes to per month.

Which I said will be under £2 per month for child services.

 

[Chicken #16]

RSPCA have underspent hugely in the last 5 years (they saved about £43m). Your donation is pretty much sitting in their bank acocunt earning them interest.

http://www.charity-commission.gov.u...steredCharityNumber=219099&SubsidiaryNumber=0

 

[Freefaller]

I donate to other charities closer to my heart thanks.

 

[Narj]

RSPCA have underspent hugely in the last 5 years (they saved about £43m). Your donation is pretty much sitting in their bank acocunt earning them interest.

http://www.charity-commission.gov.u...steredCharityNumber=219099&SubsidiaryNumber=0

Thanks for that... I think I'll switch the cash to someone else (or maybe split it seeing as it's a reasonable amount). Maybe somewhere like Born Free Foundation... Need to do some reading and see who I find most deserving.

 

[Sp00n]

My donations go to help for heroes.

 

[Col_M]

I only give money to local charities or ones where I can see the impact, e.g. when I was in the UK, Devon air ambulance, Dartmoor rescue, RNLI

Equally I graduate this summer, so once in a job I'll pay the full whack of the overpriced income tax

The UK has pretty normal rates of tax, in fact you have it pretty good and a substantial £6.5k tax free allowance, then tiered tax bands. Over here it's pretty much ~25% on everything you earn (I've oversimplified it but that's what it works out as). VAT is also only 1% higher at 20% compared to 19% here. Fuel is around 35-40Kc a litre here which is about £1.20-£1.30. Clothes and electronics are on the whole cheaper in the UK, food is comparable but supermarkets have more "exotic" foods back home. Also the UK has on average pretty high wages.
It's quite funny to hear people in the UK complaining about tax when in reality it's pretty much on par or better than the rest of Europe. Stop whining!

 

[rypt]

The UK has pretty normal rates of tax, in fact you have it pretty good and a substantial £6.5k tax free allowance, then tiered tax bands. Over here it's pretty much ~25% on everything you earn (I've oversimplified it but that's what it works out as). VAT is also only 1% higher at 20% compared to 19% here. Fuel is around 35-40Kc a litre here which is about £1.20-£1.30. Clothes and electronics are on the whole cheaper in the UK, food is comparable but supermarkets have more "exotic" foods back home. Also the UK has on average pretty high wages.
It's quite funny to hear people in the UK complaining about tax when in reality it's pretty much on par or better than the rest of Europe. Stop whining!

It has higher rates of tax compared to USA for instance

Things are more expensive here, the weather is worse

And the service we get here is not justified by the tax take

 

[Sp00n]

Not only are the taxes less in America, it's so easy to just not pay tax on goods.

 

[Col_M]

And the service we get here is not justified by the tax take

Of course it's not justified, taxes are high and services are being cut back as a consequence of financial incompetence by the general public, financial institutions and government for the last decade. You just have to bend over and take it I'm afraid, what comes around goes around.

 

[Vonhelmet]

I already give plenty to charity. Not the NSPCC, specifically, but others.

The church gets a big wedge, though I'm sure half of you would claim that's not allowed.

 

[Vonhelmet]

Why isn't there one charity for each "theme" or problem?

Not a rhetorical question - genuine interest. Is it because the charities also make money for themselves?

Different charities have different aims or believe in doing things in different ways.

 

[Cosimo]

I donate to other charities closer to my heart thanks.

Same here.

 

[Gaygle]

I donate to other charities closer to my heart thanks.

Exactly what i was going to say.

 

[-BA-]

Exactly what i was going to say.

Likewise and I hate guilt trip posts making demands.

 

[Narj]

Likewise and I hate guilt trip posts making demands.

And TV adverts and leaflets through the door.

GIVE NOW, YOU HEARTLESS BEAST! CHILDREN ARE STARVING!!!111!!!one!

Must say I love the Sam Kinison sketch on 3rd world hunger.

 

[Morgoth]

I don't donate to any charities, simply because, er, well I don't really care.

 

[ntg]

The UK has pretty normal rates of tax, in fact you have it pretty good and a substantial £6.5k tax free allowance, then tiered tax bands. Over here it's pretty much ~25% on everything you earn (I've oversimplified it but that's what it works out as).

Well, if you got 25% tax on everything you earn then, in fact, you are way better off than the english people aren't you?

Example. Annual wage of 100k would give you 75k in your place but only 65k in UK. A 50k wage would give you 40k in your place but only 35k in UK. Therefore you are much better off! (figures taken from listentotaxman website).

VAT is also only 1% higher at 20% compared to 19% here.

So it's higher in the UK

Fuel is around 35-40Kc a litre here which is about £1.20-£1.30.

Almost equal, slightly more expensive though in your place.

Clothes and electronics are on the whole cheaper in the UK, food is comparable but supermarkets have more "exotic" foods back home.

So your place is better off.

Also the UK has on average pretty high wages.

Due to a much higher cost of living though. Having said that, it is correct that you can probably earn more money in UK than most other countries due to the size of the market and the opportunities available.

It's quite funny to hear people in the UK complaining about tax when in reality it's pretty much on par or better than the rest of Europe. Stop whining!

I just proved to you it's not, so we'll keep on whining!!

To be fair, UK has the 4th (if I remember right) highest tax regime across the EU27, so there are worse places!