Tax TAx TAX!!!!!! Fuming at our government!

[Baldylovingbeard]

please try and convince me otherwise…..

What a joke this government are!!! ( UK)

Let’s just tax everyone who earns a bit of cash!!! Oh and while we’re at it… go on have loads more children it’s ok others will pay for them!!! Cutting the 2child benefit cap! If you decide to have multiple children you should be able to afford to provide for them. NOT expect others too!!!!! If you fall on hard times and you’ve worked and contributed to paying tax than you are within your rights to claim tax this is what benefits were made for, it’s not a means to not work, have more kids….etc!

Oh and if you work really hard and want to put some money by for you later days in life…. You’ll be taxed!

My situation:
Part time work, full time mum to 1 child. I work for myself and earn around 10k this money usually pays for things our daughter needs… clothes, clubs, any treats.
Husband works long hours, his under a lot of stress with his job, he has worked his way to and earns a very good salary 100k he gets taxed 60% you do the maths on that! We live in a 3 bed around £280k so nothing crazy but live within our means. We have one car! One holiday a year! Put money into savings! Pension! our daughter goes to one after school club. My husband got kicked out of home at 16…. He has worked with no help from family or friends and I believe he has worked very hard to get to where he is now. we are generous with charity’s and try our best to help out when we can if we can!

Probably. I don't care. My husband voted for them on my behalf in protest (I don't vote, that's a man's job), not because he wants them in power.

I think it’s due to years of bad policy & the fact western populations are ageing. It’s not just happened in the last 2 years…Not sure why that would be my fault but it’s reality?

Excellent

There are things to aspire to other than earning enough to live in a £5m house.

The money for extra child benefit would be far better put to use feeding these kids good meals at school and providing wrap around care in a stable environment…..rather than going to so many parents who very sadly put it to their own benefit not the children’s!!!!

Have more kids get more money.
Its not going to get people out of poverty it will drive them in it.

Kids are not piggy banks.

People vote to maintain the status quo. Boomers did that to keep their pensions and social care. Why is it you think that whenever anyone in government goes near pensions, boomers cry foul every time?

I agree with you. The UK has become a country where wealthy people have to limit themselves to 2 kids when they should be having more, while people who aren’t working (and probably shouldn’t be having kids) receive handouts equal to them in pre-tax pay.

All benefits for the non-working ( except for disability) should be temporary & they should never be better off than working people.

Yep, where is the utopian party that will pay for everything with low taxes, I will vote for them!

Well she is, if she thinks her husband should pay a lower tax so they can afford for her to be part time.

Just a reminder that only 4% of working people earn over £100k and you don't get your whole income taxed at 60%, it's a progressive tax, surely you know that @Baldylovingbeard ?

Worth reminding everyone on this mad thread that each subsequent child earns you a whole £897 a year - not exactly a lottery win, is it?

I was surprised that there’s literally not one thing in this budget that I disagree with.

Your husband does not pay 60% tax in the UK. That’s just not true.

Everyone with a brain should realise anything can happen in life - illness, death, job loss etc etc so why have 3 or more children in the first place? Stick to 2 and then if something happens you are more likely to be able to cope.

Anything over £100k is effectively taxed at 60% due to the reduction in the tax free allowance

I agree with you. The UK has become a country where wealthy people have to limit themselves to 2 kids when they should be having more, while people who aren’t working (and probably shouldn’t be having kids) receive handouts equal to them in pre-tax pay.

People aren’t having dc because of high housing costs and high childcare costs.Birth rates were falling way before labour got in.

Exactly. And the chances of the kids from the benefit families growing up and becoming meaningful members of society is far lower. So the cycle continues.

This country is a mess.

What the flippity flop did I just read?!

Mumsnet seems to attract a lot of people with high incomes and low mathematical abilities for some reason.

We will be increasing rents for our tenants.
Either that, or property disappears from the market.
Well done.

I am worse off instead of better off as every Tory budget has made me. If all the experts and campaigners say removing the cap directly reduces child poverty that’s good enough for me.
I am delighted at the taxing of unearned wealth from property prices and think for now the 2m threshold is about right

Are you saying you will have more kids if you can get more benefits for them.

I would scrap the triple lock but no party will do that

child benefit isn’t changing, how are people still confusing this!!!!