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At the moment it's 40% of your salary over 50k
Not 40% of everything.
I know that. My point was “see how you feel about income tax when it and NI contributions when 40% of your gross pay is taken by the state”.
At the moment it's 40% of your salary over 50k
Not 40% of everything.
They can't, but that isn't the point.People on £20k a year can probably afford a new car - does the same logic apply? Who decides what is a luxury? Or should we all earn the same?
Wait until you’ve had over 40% of your salary taken
I doubt they can without some form of loan.
I think my biggest issue is council tax. I've never been in trouble with the police or had a fire etc, so I'm effectively paying about a grand per year to have my bins emptied and the vast majority of that goes to the pen-pushers.
National insurance is becoming less value for money too because I've not been able to get a GP appointment since 2016. Secondary care is still good (hospital appts), but primary care no longer exists because all of the appointments are gone when I try to book first thing by phone or online
I know that. My point was “see how you feel about income tax when it and NI contributions when 40% of your gross pay is taken by the state”.
Where are you getting those rates from? Effective tax rate? They’re certainly not the marginal rates.I'd feel pretty ****ing happy, seeing as you only pay 35% on a £100,000 a year and don't hit that 40% mark until around 130k. That puts you in the top 1% of earners in the UK, and you want to contribute less?
Where are you getting those rates from? Effective tax rate? They’re certainly not the marginal rates.
On an income of £130,000 with a pension contribution of 3% your take-home is £76,596 under current tax levels. Which is an effective tax rate of 41.8% including NI. Using the same metrics with a pre-tax income of £120,000 the take-home is £72,699, a contribution of 39.4%.
So that 40% mark falls somewhere between £120,000 and £130,000. The average pension contribution is between 2-3%, so I went with 3. Although I think this has increased to 4% recently.
I haven't included VAT or council tax etc. as they're independent of your earnings and Terminal Boy hadn't mentioned them.
So if we took the fire and police services away from your area, do you think you'd have the same quality of life?I think my biggest issue is council tax. I've never been in trouble with the police or had a fire etc, so I'm effectively paying about a grand per year to have my bins emptied and the vast majority of that goes to the pen-pushers.
National insurance is becoming less value for money too because I've not been able to get a GP appointment since 2016. Secondary care is still good (hospital appts), but primary care no longer exists because all of the appointments are gone when I try to book first thing by phone or online
It's generous to include pension contributions
Nobody likes taxes because ultimately we are all selfish
I’m pretty sure anyone hitting 6 figure salaries will be paying more than 3% and not opting out, so I hardly find that figure generous
Probably the unfortunate truth
I’m pretty sure anyone hitting 6 figure salaries will be paying more than 3% and not opting out, so I hardly find that figure generous
Why is that a problem?Wait until you’ve had over 40% of your salary taken in PAYE and NI for a decade and report back.
I’m pretty sure anyone hitting 6 figure salaries will be paying more than 3% and not opting out, so I hardly find that figure generous
Probably the unfortunate truth
It's not tax though. If you are contributing to your own pension you can't class that as tax.