to think that 6000 per month is excessive for the government to take off my pay for tax?

[tootaxed]

Surely there should be a maximum limit that each person has to pay as tax? Six grand per month in tax is just excessive imo. And that is before NI contributions etc. If the government set a maximum tax limit they would take more care over how they spent their central funds. And I wouldn't have to work so many hours away from my DCs only to have 72 bloody grand a year taken off my income to fund their mis-spending.

YABU

if you didn't pay so much tax i couldn't live the life of luxury i currently do as a single mother on benefits.
plus it pays for the oodles of cash i can claim in DLA for ds.

Jane, my daughter is not seriously ill. She just needs an operation.

You want to change health insurance providers then - mine pay for most stuff. What exactly is wrong with your daughter? And why wouldn't you pay to go private if your take home is 11k a month?

UK - you pay 40% for earnings over £36K... but I think that means anything earned up to £36K is taxed at the basic rate of 22%

tootaxed, you said she was in a lot of pain....

whoops, sorry littlelapin, was addressing your earlier point but you beaten me to it!

weirder and weirder.

Who looks after kids while you are working 100 hours a week?

what was your family tragedy? Surely if the kids have suffered they would want their mum around?

We have bupa with dh's work and they paid for a squint operation for dd (aged 6) last year. She had it done within months when it would have been a longer wait on the nhs. It wasn't urgent at all and we had no problems.

Afaik he pays the tax on monthly payment his company makes for the though. He earns nowhere near what the op does though and I mean nowhere near.

Regardless your career comes first, you do realise you are on Mumsnet here not Moneygrabbers anonymous.

so what's a typical day then tootaxed? I would really like to know.

Nope sorry dont agree we all pay tax for the necessities eg NHS, Schools, Day care. Maximum limit only benefits the affluent- how is that fair?

have been with AXA PPP (and Bupa and Norwich Union) in my time .. all through corporate schemes .. the only time they have refused cover for anything is when they have highlighted something, after a number of years, as being a 'chronic condition'

I say again, if the NHS will offer an operation then it is doubtful that a good corporate scheme wouldn't cover it

and if your employers are paying you 100's of thousands in salary they aren't going to skimp on a corporate health scheme

(I smell fish)

Is that all?

My parents look after the DCs and nurse my DH. The tragedy was that my DH and his family were in an awful car crash. His parents and brother were killed. My DH was hospitalised for many months, during which time I did not work and stayed with him. He has been home for a couple of years now but cannot fend well for himself and suffers bad mood swings. I can't believe I am even telling you this. I have kept it hidden from MNetters before cos i always try to appear cheery on her.

well, MN record for going to 5 pages within 30 mins? well done whoever you are!

ll - oh, well that's just another step in the right direction then...

My health insurance is the same - i quite often find that i dont have cover for what you would consider obvious stuff. Re this thread - it's interesting how some people have judged based on money alone - is it right to be harsh to someone just because they earn more than you? I agree w donnie - tears before bedtime no doubt.

How can you work 100 hours a week, that is more than 13 hours a day even if you spread it over 7 days a week? Childcare must be a fortune.

Yep - why don't you pay for her to have the op privately? You've certainly can afford it!
Sorry to hear of your little girl being poorly but don't expect much sympathy on the tax front because it does extrapolate to the sort of income some MNers need about 9 months to earn.
We've had people post on here panicing that they've hardly got any food in the house and kind and no money. Bet you've never been in that position recently?

Ok having read this and hearing that your daughter needs an operation. I have decided that you are talking a pile of wank.

If you are earning this sort of money then you would be able to afford the op.

I am not wasting anymore of my valuable MN time on this. Nor should any of you.

I'm sorry but I just don't believe what the OP is saying any more.