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All-round Budget thread

433 replies

longfingernails · 23/03/2011 10:25

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Rhian82 · 23/03/2011 12:56

I used to pay £4k a year in transport costs (season ticket to work) when I earned £16k, so you still have it better than a lot of people!

happiestblonde · 23/03/2011 12:54

Osborne is so beautiful. Oh Gideon..

FANTASTIC news on corporation tax and new exemptions for small businesses.

Housemum · 23/03/2011 12:54

When you've finished paying for childcare you can start saving for uni fees...

Original poster
longfingernails · 23/03/2011 12:50

Disappointed that NI and Income Tax haven't been merged - just a review

But wonderful, wonderful news on the fall in corporation tax!

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molemesseskilledIpom · 23/03/2011 12:49

Marking my place

LargeGlassOfRedPlease · 23/03/2011 12:41

noodle69 - that's what we thought after paying out over 28K in the last 4 years (2DC 3 days/week), but now we have a pesky childcare bill of £300/month we just realise what we went without as now! We can afford now to buy the odd item of clothing and have the odd lunch out..but still we feel skint Sad as everything is so much more expensive. Losing our c/b too.

I would not like to be starting out having children in our shoes now, just relieved we've more or less done the worst of the childcare

CheeseEnforcementAgency · 23/03/2011 12:40

Marking my place

MyMamaToldMe · 23/03/2011 12:36

£22k is what it would cost us too if we had 2 DC in childcare (only have 1 DC at the mo). Nothing fancy about our nursery school either - and we are in Kent.

thaigreencurry · 23/03/2011 12:36

£22k is the norm if BoffinMum has two kids.

MarioandLuigi · 23/03/2011 12:34

Here we go!

Chrononaut · 23/03/2011 12:34

my god, 22k is well over double my yearly income O_o

ChickensHaveNoEyebrows · 23/03/2011 12:34

Marking my place.

meditrina · 23/03/2011 12:33

Off we go! He's on his feet now.

amidaiwish · 23/03/2011 12:32

i paid £1900/mth for 2 kids in nursery 4 days week - london suburbs. nothing fancy at all (teddies chain) so £22k isn't that unusual ime.

jilly5 · 23/03/2011 12:31

Looks like Boffinmum has 4 kids, thats a brave woman!

LargeGlassOfRedPlease · 23/03/2011 12:29

Boffin - 22K/year? Two children under 3yrs old in nursey FT?

jugglingjo · 23/03/2011 12:17

I heard that those earning under £8000 won't be taxed at all ?

As that's me (working PT) I'm rather hopeful !

When's it being brought in ?

redrobin · 23/03/2011 12:04

we dont know how many children boffinmum has, to be fair.

noodle69 · 23/03/2011 11:40

Full time childcare here is £7500 but it isnt fancy like you get in London or here about on here!

IsinDeBetterPlace · 23/03/2011 11:38

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meditrina · 23/03/2011 11:38

Just seen the "Red Box" moment.

It seems the users of private jets might be getting a new tax.

noodle69 · 23/03/2011 11:37

Yeah but childcare is only for a few years and then you will be rich. People in poor areas though will be poor for life with no way they could dream of becoming higher rate tax payers. Thats the way to look at it I think.

MarioandLuigi · 23/03/2011 11:35

So how will you spend your extra £3.75 a week then BoffinMum?

noodle69 · 23/03/2011 11:33

Surely you can get childcare cheaper than that?

BoffinMum · 23/03/2011 11:30

Noodle, I have just been swept into the higher rate band. My childcare costs are £22k, my commuting costs are £4k and rising, I have about £75 a week left after all that, and I'm about to see child benefit disappear. Not exactly riches.