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- 12-08-2004 11:31
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- 12-08-2004 12:51
(Original post by shiny)
Engineers are paid poo money -
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- 12-08-2004 13:16
(Original post by s43)
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- 12-08-2004 16:41
(Original post by Nemesis420)
If u even earn 100K then u would have to pay 40K as tax. This really sucks, it better to work in a country where there is no tax, like Dubai.
If u self-employed u have to pay 22% as tax, that why G.Ps earn alot of money. My G.P get around 200K and only pay 22% tax. So if u want alot of money either move to country with no tax or become self-employed.
The first 3.something grand u earn is tax free, or something like that. Up to £30,500 you pay 22%. Only then onward do you pay 40%. So you do tha math because I can't be bothered, well I've heard thats the way the tax system works anyway. Otherwise who the heck would want to earn 33k when they'd be better off earning 30k. -
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- 12-08-2004 17:18
(Original post by shiny)
See everyone laughs at engineers and our greasy rags and spanners
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- 12-08-2004 17:19
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But what a lovely spanner -
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- 12-08-2004 17:20
(Original post by shiny)
Engineers are paid poo money -
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- 12-08-2004 21:44
I heard you could earn a lot with plumbing as well! A friend of mine who's a plumber (self employed) earns more than 100k p.a. Maybe he's just lucky, I dunno....
I think I might do a Maths and something else degree (economic or computer science), become an actuary which is quite good pay, then set up my own company if I'm not yet satisfied. I enjoy Maths and things like that but just worried that I might end up with a boring job -
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- 12-08-2004 23:25
(Original post by Isabelle_D)
Thats not true.
The first 3.something grand u earn is tax free, or something like that. Up to £30,500 you pay 22%. Only then onward do you pay 40%. So you do tha math because I can't be bothered, well I've heard thats the way the tax system works anyway. Otherwise who the heck would want to earn 33k when they'd be better off earning 30k.
yeah but if you're on 200k a year your first 4750 at no tax is nothing, you might as well just say you pay 50% tax (plus 10% NI) and live with it.
when you start paying rediculas amounts of money in tax you'll be anoyed by it too!!! You know that a family with an income of 20k is no better off than one with an income of 12k? due to tax taken off the 20k guy and benifits given to the 12k guy it works out they take home about the same! -
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- 12-08-2004 23:55
Who thought of TAX?
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- 13-08-2004 00:09
Who thought of TAX?
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- 13-08-2004 11:03
(Original post by s43)
Who thought of TAX? -
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- 14-08-2004 16:19
£18k for a Graduate Engineer at Fujitsu. Poo.
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- 14-08-2004 18:13
(Original post by shiny)
£18k for a Graduate Engineer at Fujitsu. Poo. -
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- 15-08-2004 10:20
(Original post by Vladek)
I don't get how they'd work income related council tax, i mean surely someone on 30k a year's bins cost the same to take out that someone on 20k a year???
I think it's supposed to be as a percentage of your earnings rather than a fixed amount, cos £1000 to someone on low earnings is worth more than to someone on high earnings (that's the logic behind it anyway). It's a way of trying to make sure poorer people have a similar percentage of disposable income to richer people. -
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- 15-08-2004 14:19
(Original post by Nikki J S)
I think it's supposed to be as a percentage of your earnings rather than a fixed amount, cos £1000 to someone on low earnings is worth more than to someone on high earnings (that's the logic behind it anyway). It's a way of trying to make sure poorer people have a similar percentage of disposable income to richer people. -
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- 15-08-2004 15:02
(Original post by Joey_Johns)
My cousins dad is a royal naval surgeon, he earns 100k+ basic salary, then there is all the freebies you get with being in the navy like, free private education for your kids, travel expenses and cheap accomodation if you want it.
In a public sector job at the cost of the taxpayer? How ridiculous. -
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- 15-08-2004 17:16
(Original post by capslock)
"free private education for your kids"
In a public sector job at the cost of the taxpayer? How ridiculous. -
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- 15-08-2004 18:22
(Original post by Lord Huntroyde)
Well they need to send them to boarding schools as a naval doctor will be moved all round the world. -
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- 15-08-2004 19:05
There is a lot of money around if you are a skilled manual worker - plumber, joiner, carpenter, window/blind fitter (can go self employed).
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