Overtime should be tax free

[RedneckStumpy]

If you are giving up family time to bring home extra money to support your family, why should that be taxed?

I can see no way that a system like that could be abused

On that logic why should any income from work be taxed?

Because it's income.

😂😂 that is all

Being paid for it would be a start but no it does seem almost pointless to give up free time to not see much of it.

It's certainly improve the life of people on shitawful zero hours contracts.

Ha don'tforget!
HMRC- " How many hours a week do you work?"
Employee- "3. The other 45 are overtime"

Utterly unworkable for most jobs, but yes I do find it unfair that someone who works 80 hours per week for £40k gets taxed the same as someone who works 1 hour per week for £40k. Again, impossible to achieve unfortunately.

But no, that's just ridiculous. It produces insane economic incentives for companies to cook the books.

All my income supports my family, so I should pay no tax in it?

Overtime is still paid, therefore it's still taxed, because it's still income.

On that logic why should any income from work be taxed

No it shouldn’t but, that’s another thread.

Just wanted to rant after DH got his paycheck

Well, when I was 17 my overtime didn’t interrupt my family life at all.

So I think anyone who is single without kids should still be taxed on their overtime, to fund me now that I was a husband and children. Awesome

Bu the same logic, no income should be taxed.

Great

I'll take my one hour contract and then 39 hours overtime at my normal rate tax free

Bless op, your ideas are very sweet, but if you don't tax income (as per your second post), how do you propose schools, hospitals, police, help for those who can't work would be funded?

I wish I got paid for the hours of unrecognised overtime I do every week that is just expected of everyone. I’d be over the moon to get taxed on pay for it cause at least I’d be getting paid!

The issue is that the extra cost of working OT isn't deductible. Also, if you want to pay less tax on OT put it in your pension. I've had a couple of friends who have done that. One guy retired from UPS on a nice pension because every time he worked OT that money went into his pension. Over 25 years it added up to be a lot.

On the basis of the utter daftness of this post OP, count yourself lucky you’re employed at all.

*On that logic why should any income from work be taxed

No it shouldn’t but, that’s another thread.*

Are you happy for pay every time you need medical care, school fees etc?

wonder Its her poor DH who has worked OT!!!

Surely any work outside the home is giving up family time? So by your logic there should be no tax if you’re working outside the home away from the family?

YABVU

otherwise everyone would cook the books to pay no tax and then there would be no money to pay for healthcare, education, police, fire brigade, refuse collections, all those essential services we all rely on.

It’s not even you who’s worked the overtime so get over yourself!

I've heard it all now.

Well I'd like paid overtime, I'd happily pay tax on it.

Well that clearly wouldn't work