Wages - Calculating a reduction in hours

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Hi there,

Just wondering if anyone can help,

Basically, I am going to approach my employer to see if I can go down to 4 days a week, on medical grounds.

Now I need to work out, before I approach them, how much I would be losing a month out of my pay packet, before tax & after tax and also what my Annual Salary would go down too.

Currently I am on £14,718 per annum before tax, I work Monday to Friday's and bank holidays are paid. 35 hours a week/7 hours a day.

Thanks in advance if anyone can work this out, as I haven't a clue :)
 
Hi there,

Just wondering if anyone can help,

Basically, I am going to approach my employer to see if I can go down to 4 days a week, on medical grounds.

Now I need to work out, before I approach them, how much I would be losing a month out of my pay packet, before tax & after tax and also what my Annual Salary would go down too.

Currently I am on £14,718 per annum before tax, I work Monday to Friday's and bank holidays are paid. 35 hours a week/7 hours a day.

Thanks in advance if anyone can work this out, as I haven't a clue :)


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Now I need to work out, before I approach them, how much I would be losing a month out of my pay packet, before tax & after tax and also what my Annual Salary would go down too.

Currently I am on £14,718 per annum before tax, I work Monday to Friday's and bank holidays are paid. 35 hours a week/7 hours a day.

Thanks in advance if anyone can work this out, as I haven't a clue :)
Sorry, and this will come across nastier than it's intended, but...

It does make me worry if you can't work this out yourself. It also goes some way to explaining why you earn under £15k (apologies if you are 16 or something). Book yourself in for some mathematics night courses at a local college or something.
 
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That's probably why you only earn 14k.
Really, any need?

Sorry, and this will come across nastier than it's intended, but...

It does make me worry if you can't work this out yourself. It also goes some way to explaining you earning under £15k (apologies if you are 16 or something). Book yourself in for some mathematics night courses at a local college or something.

I won't tell you both what I do for a job then.

I have never been strong in mathematics, and nor will I ever be. It is just one of those things.

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I am also happy only earning £14k, I still am able to afford everything I want, have an easy (to a degree) job, good colleagues etc. ;)

And my health at the moment is stopping me finding anything else, as I have a lot of appointments, and no employer likes that!
 
I have never been strong in mathematics, and nor will I ever be. It is just one of those things.
Don't take that attitude. You can be. It might be much harder for you than most, but it's no excuse to give up. I have a friend who is dyslexic and really struggles to get his points across on paper. He is currently studying neuroscience at PhD level.

Believing you can do it is the first step.
 
Don't take that attitude. You can be. It might be much harder for you than most, but it's no excuse to give up. I have a friend who is dyslexic and really struggles to get his points across on paper. He is currently studying neuroscience at PhD level.

Believing you can do it is the first step.


I guess, but it is just one of those things, I should really for the job that I am doing, but I am sure when I go on to a different job I won't really need it :o

I have looked into night courses, but most around here start at like 5pm!?!?!
 
Don't take that attitude. You can be. It might be much harder for you than most, but it's no excuse to give up. I have a friend who is dyslexic and really struggles to get his points across on paper. He is currently studying neuroscience at PhD level.

A lot of people cant handle mathematics at all, I am one of them.

Neuroscience on the other hand doesnt require any mathematics, hardly anything in Biology does.
 
I guess, but it is just one of those things, I should really for the job that I am doing, but I am sure when I go on to a different job I won't really need it :o

I have looked into night courses, but most around here start at like 5pm!?!?!
You will never "not need" basic number skills :)
A lot of people cant handle mathematics at all, I am one of them.

Neuroscience on the other hand doesnt require any mathematics, hardly anything in Biology does.
My friend is fine with numbers - my friend can't get points across on paper. He has to go to enormous efforts to even explain the simplest concept or write his thoughts down. He will write the same thing out 5 or 6 times and keep reading it back, correcting, until it makes sense. It was an example of someone having a problem that is all too easy to accept, but instead overcoming it.

What have you done to work on your maths, out of curiosity?
 
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new wage 11774.4

tax is 20% of (11774.4 - 6475 pers allowance) = 1059.88
class 4 NI is 8% of (wage - 5715 allowance) = 484.752

total take home = 10,229.77

monthly take home = £852.48


or something like that :)


ps: to op, ignore some of the fools here, notice how none of them actually worked out your take home wage, wonder why :)
 
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That's probably why you only earn 14k.

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£14,718.00 * (4/5) = £11,774.40

(£11,774.40 - £6,475.00 income tax allowance) * 0.2 income tax rate = £1,059.88

(£11,774.40 - £5,720.00 NI allowance) * 0.11 NI rate = £665.98

£11,774.40 - £1,059.88 - £665.98 = £10,048.54 pa or £837.38 pcm.
 
£14,718.00 * (4/5) = £11,774.40

(£11,774.40 - £6,475.00 income tax allowance) * 0.2 income tax rate = £1,059.88

(£11,774.40 - £5,720.00 NI allowance) * 0.11 NI rate = £665.98

£11,774.40 - £1,059.88 - £665.98 = £10,048.54 pa or £837.38 pcm.

Nice one!, NI confuses hell outta me, I have to pay class 1 (I think), class 2 and class 4. Abit unfair!
 
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