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to be pissed off that DH has had a bonus cos tax credits will take loads of money off us

368 replies

FuckingTaxCredits · 23/03/2015 18:06

have nc doubt the dm readers will be out in force for this one

dh has had an annual bonus of 2700

which should be awesome news but I nearly cried when dh told me

as this happened a few years ago as well, and i know that when I do our tax credits renewal they will end up royally screwing me up the ass and taking loads off us. even though dh will prob come out with 2k, max, of his bonus, if he is lucky, but tax credits will take the whole amount off us

so it will hit ME in MY pocket cos dh is doing well at work

bonuses should be just that, a FUCKING BONUS

so pissed off

OP posts:
MadameJulienBaptiste · 23/03/2015 19:05

Op you can't be worse off as a family if your dh gets a bonus. Tax credits taper off. Yes there will be tax to pay on the bonus and there will be less tax credits but the overall effect will not be negative.
and you seem to be complaining that the money will go on a holiday and clearing debt.... what on earth is wrong with that?
I've worked part time since dcs were born, next year I'll be back full time. Yes we will lose tax credits surely that's the whole idea? Needing less tax credits because I can earn more?

iamusuallybeingunreasonable · 23/03/2015 19:07

Jealous?!

I get a bonus 5 times this one but lose 45% of it to the taxman

I should be grateful though that I get to find someone else's holiday when I can't have one myself

fanjoforthemammaries7850 · 23/03/2015 19:07

Pyjamas I don't get tax credits either.

I get some carers allowance since DD is severely disabled so I can only work 10 hours a week.

Yes it was aimed at your post.

Notrevealingmyidentity · 23/03/2015 19:07

Sorry for the ignorant here (me) at what point do tax credits stop then ?

ssd · 23/03/2015 19:07

how many times do I have to point this out, shes not worse off as a family shes worse of because her and her dh divide up their money and hes getting the bonus and shes getting the tax credits

iamusuallybeingunreasonable · 23/03/2015 19:09

That's her own fault for having a DH who treats her like crap

Pyjamasandwine · 23/03/2015 19:11

Clearly there are.

Divided into 2.

Those who are middle class and well off themselves but fall over themselves to he liberal with all our money. They have never struggled of course or have any understanding of what it means to be poor, barring uni days!

And the second lot who moan that the state actually expect them to have less tax payers money when they have a great bonus and moan it's to spend on a holiday and pay off credit card debts.

Yes you couldn't make it up!

Giveme2minutes · 23/03/2015 19:13

Why would anyone marry someone, let alone have his kids, with someone who wants his money to be his and not share everything equally? 'Yes darling you stay at home and have no money and raise my kids and I will go and earn the money and spend it on me"

SoonToBeSix · 23/03/2015 19:13

Ssd no that's not what the op is saying, she is saying that they will get less tax credits than bonus.

snarferson · 23/03/2015 19:14

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BatteryPoweredHen · 23/03/2015 19:14

I think the question people claiming benefits need to ask themselves is whether they would wander from door to door in their street asking their neighbours to subsidise their holiday?

Of course they wouldn't, they would be ashamed to do so.

This is, however, exactly what the welfare system does. Just because it is an arms length transaction via the State, it doesn't change the general premise of the thing.

We really do need to remind ourselves of this, this culture of dependency just isn't ok.

Pyjamasandwine · 23/03/2015 19:14

ssd so should all men act like selfish arses then so all mothers can claim from the tax payer?

Ridiculous logic. The op needs to sort out her dh and he should act like a proper husband and father and not a selfish twat.

It's not the States job to sort out family finances or divisions.

fanjoforthemammaries7850 · 23/03/2015 19:15

Pyjamas I fall into neither of those categories.

I just thought your post was a bit nasty.

iamusuallybeingunreasonable · 23/03/2015 19:16

I don't think it's that cut and dry, I may be middle now, I was brought up with zero, watched my mum struggle to find enough money for shopping some weeks, dad a low earner, three kids - never had a penny from the state

I won't be popular for saying this but you people on Tax Credits don't know you are born

iamusuallybeingunreasonable · 23/03/2015 19:18

Tell you what it gave me though

Pride
Work ethic

gamerchick · 23/03/2015 19:24

It's got it all in here Grin

Is tax credits being on benefits now is it?

snarferson · 23/03/2015 19:25

TC is actually a public fund and not a benefit :P

AwakeCantSleep · 23/03/2015 19:31

They are a means tested benefit though? Nothing to do with taxes, as far as I am aware.

I sympathise, OP. The system is very complicated and sets perverse incentives, especially around thresholds.

Pyjamasandwine · 23/03/2015 19:31

fango pehaps some posters on here, like me, have had a bloody awful recession and are sickened that someone who has a bonus, holiday and paying off debt is moaning and that her selfish arse of a dh thinks he should keep it to himself and not sharing it with his kids. I feel for the op as her dh sounds vile but really that's not tax payers fault is it.

fanjoforthemammaries7850 · 23/03/2015 19:32

It's like the Month Python Yorkshiremen sketch now

fanjoforthemammaries7850 · 23/03/2015 19:33

err month. Silly phone

feckitall · 23/03/2015 19:35

When it was introduced it was 'marketed' as giving back low pay workers tax they pay....instead of just raising the tax threshold
It switched from benefits agency (DHSS/DSS/Whatever it was then) to Inland Revenue.

morethanpotatoprints · 23/03/2015 19:35

Even though tax credits come from the state the OP and her dh are managing on a low income and a top up.
I believe the sour grape posters on here couldn't manage on this, those saying they don't get any, it's because you already have enough.
Ffs it's not the OP's fault the system is what it is.
I bet there are many posters who are being nasty who received chb for their kids.

bloodyteenagers · 23/03/2015 19:37

Give him a huge clap on the back.
How's generous that he will top up your account to cover the tc.
Notice how the money isn't pooled,

What's the plan when you are no longer eligible for tc?

straighttothepoint · 23/03/2015 19:38

Lucky your family getting a bonus. He could always decline it,