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[STEMO]

I hate the f*ucking taxman. He makes me pay tax on money I don't earn. I have spoken with them about this but they are far from friendly.....aggressive even.

Big companies pay very little in tax. Amazon being an example who is above the law.

Unearned income attracts a very high level of tax. Few people know that tax is paid on profits from house sales, etc.

[Rangie]

Gave up worrying about paying tax ages ago, what annoys me more is people who shy away from work & receive benefits from decent people who work & pay tax, as for earning £80,000 Prison Governor another possibility.

[Doctor Gollum]

Gave up worrying about paying tax ages ago, what annoys me more is people who shy away from work & receive benefits from decent people who work & pay tax.

At least you're being paid to baby sit them, so you can appreciate the value for money...

[TheBoy]

What bugs me is you could have a mum earning £40k and a Dad Earning £40k for a family bringing in £80k combined and that's fine. 

Yet have Dad earning £80k and Mum being full time mummy and not working, this is not ok and "punish the rich" 

Yes, I fully agree with that.

Obviously with a good accountant, there are ways around that by daddy paying mummy to be a child carer, which has the benefit of keeping mummys NI contributions up, so she isn't a frain on society later, but it depends on exploiting certain loopholes around expenses.

[TheBoy]

What bugs me is you could have a mum earning £40k and a Dad Earning £40k for a family bringing in £80k combined and that's fine. 

Yet have Dad earning £80k and Mum being full time mummy and not working, this is not ok and "punish the rich" 

That's how we lost our child benefit in 2015. One earner over £50K, no CB. Two earners with £45K each can have it.

I think child benefit should be something for only those in deep trouble, and then, like all handouts, for a short period of time.

Live everything else in life, if a couple cant afford kids, don't have them.  Winners all round.

[Andy B]

What bugs me is you could have a mum earning £40k and a Dad Earning £40k for a family bringing in £80k combined and that's fine. 

Yet have Dad earning £80k and Mum being full time mummy and not working, this is not ok and "punish the rich" 

That's how we lost our child benefit in 2015. One earner over £50K, no CB. Two earners with £45K each can have it.

That was unbelievable the way they did that with Child Benefit

[Varche]

What bugs me is you could have a mum earning £40k and a Dad Earning £40k for a family bringing in £80k combined and that's fine. 

Yet have Dad earning £80k and Mum being full time mummy and not working, this is not ok and "punish the rich" 

That's how we lost our child benefit in 2015. One earner over £50K, no CB. Two earners with £45K each can have it.

I think child benefit should be something for only those in deep trouble, and then, like all handouts, for a short period of time.

Live everything else in life, if a couple cant afford kids, don't have them.  Winners all round.

I think you will find that they would say it is their right.  You pay for them to have children.

[Andy B]

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I think child benefit should be something for only those in deep trouble, and then, like all handouts, for a short period of time.

Live everything else in life, if a couple cant afford kids, don't have them.  Winners all round.

Child benefit replaced a tax benefit that used to be given to the dad but changed so that mum got it instead

[Doctor Gollum]

What bugs me is you could have a mum earning £40k and a Dad Earning £40k for a family bringing in £80k combined and that's fine. 

Yet have Dad earning £80k and Mum being full time mummy and not working, this is not ok and "punish the rich" 

That's how we lost our child benefit in 2015. One earner over £50K, no CB. Two earners with £45K each can have it.

I think child benefit should be something for only those in deep trouble, and then, like all handouts, for a short period of time.

Live everything else in life, if a couple cant afford kids, don't have them.  Winners all round.

That's a fair point... Why would a household with an £80k income require benefits? Or be entitled to them... 

[STEMO]

What bugs me is you could have a mum earning £40k and a Dad Earning £40k for a family bringing in £80k combined and that's fine. 

Yet have Dad earning £80k and Mum being full time mummy and not working, this is not ok and "punish the rich" 

That's how we lost our child benefit in 2015. One earner over £50K, no CB. Two earners with £45K each can have it.

I think child benefit should be something for only those in deep trouble, and then, like all handouts, for a short period of time.

Live everything else in life, if a couple cant afford kids, don't have them.  Winners all round.

That's a fair point... Why would a household with an £80k income require benefits? Or be entitled to them... 

They're not.

[Doctor Gollum]

That's alright then

[STEMO]

That's alright then

No it's not, we're entitled 

[Doctor Gollum]

That's alright then

No it's not, we're entitled 

You can be as entitled as you like, it won't help any

[Andy B]

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They're not.

if the household has an income of £80k split equally between mum & dad, then they are entitled to CB. But if one earns £50 they're not

[STEMO]

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They're not.

if the household has an income of £80k split equally between mum & dad, then they are entitled to CB. But if one earns £50 they're not

Of course, I went completely off kilter there........again. 

No wonder with you lot being frivolous and messing about all the time.