Wine going up!!!!

[Gwenick]

OMG - amongst the good things (stamp duty increased, inhertiance tax threshold increased, cigarettes tax increased - not 'good' for me persay but might make me quit sooner).

4p a bottle more tax on wine - how will I cope

My mum and dad are sorted anyway! (aged 80 & 83)

when do they hit us with tax to pay for it all?

my mum got 25p increase on her pension last year - she was so excited she still hasn't decided what to spend it on!

Am I right in thinking there's nothing in the budget related to childcare?

£63 per week child benefit can't be right surely?

Please let the £63 a week be right....

think the £63 a week could be the maximum you can claim as the childcare bit of the working tax credit - not 100% sure though.

Think the BBC have boobed on that one. Only other reference I can find to £63 refers to the Child Tax Credit minimum amounts (ie 13% increase over next three years - minimum payout will be £63 per month)

Not Child Benefit - at £16.50 per week that is already more than £63 per month.

Hmmm, says child benefit... I think I will do a bit more googling...

From the Chancellor's speech :

"So today I can now announce that payments for children under the child tax credit will rise each year in line with earnings and over the coming three years by a total of 13 per cent.

Including child benefit, rising in this period from the £28 a week we inherited to a maximum of £63 a week for the first child and £111 a week for two children."

Right.. this makes more sense!!! itv news

Sorry snugs - crossed posts!!!

So is child benefit not going up at all then? The £63 pounds of child tax credit includes child benefit, but it doesn't say how much.

God knows - I got confused yesterday because the CTF account information I was reading said that Child Benefit was £72 a month... mine is £66 am I being diddled????

Child benefit is currently £16.50 for the first child, which is £71.50 per month, so I would say you're being diddled if you get less than this. £66 is for 4 weeks, not technically a calendar month. To get the monthly figure, you need to multiply the weekly sum by 52 and divide by 12.

Increase in wine tax - nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Form an orderly queue behind me for the campervan day trip to Tescos Calais.

errr pinot - behind ME I think I was first to draw it to the attention of you all

I'm probably just being paid 4 weekly... ignore me...

It's a fair cop.

Amendment: Form an orderly queue behind Gwenick and Pinot for the campervan day trip to Tescos Calais.

As trip leader Gwenick gets to hold the Ferry tickets.