Pay your fair share, simple isn't it? Why employ teams of accountants digging away to save you £££'s when those £££'s can be used to bolster the NHS, the Forces and whatever else.
I can't massage my taxes to pay less - why should anyone else?
If we're talking about those that fall in this bracket that make themselves tax exiles, then I'm all for it! It really angers me those people that find loop holes like offshore bank accounts or living abroad for certain amounts of the year to avoid paying what they should! Other than that, a debate seems a fair request...
If we're talking about those that fall in this bracket that make themselves tax exiles, then I'm all for it! It really angers me those people that find loop holes like offshore bank accounts or living abroad for certain amounts of the year to avoid paying what they should! Other than that, a debate seems a fair request...
And the point being - they already would if it was flat percentage across the board. But no - the 'top 10%' are already in 40% band...This isn't about reducing the effective rate of tax through avoidance. He wants the top 10% to pay more tax than they are currently required to do.
For the record, the top 10% in terms of income starts at £39,600. That is from HMRC's statistics in 09/10, the last available data set. Uplift generously for inflation and you get about £46,000 in today's terms. Nick Clegg wants everyone earnings more than £46k to pay more tax.
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This isn't about reducing the effective rate of tax through avoidance. He wants the top 10% to pay more tax than they are currently required to do.
For the record, the top 10% in terms of income starts at £39,600. That is from HMRC's statistics in 09/10, the last available data set. Uplift generously for inflation and you get about £46,000 in today's terms. Nick Clegg wants everyone earnings more than £46k to pay more tax.
How he wants to do that I have no idea (and neither does he). This is the group that start to lose their child benefit at £5k more, it is the graduate a few years into their job who will now have £30k of student debt.
Clegg falls neatly into that adage 'The Left are very good at spending other people's money.' The man is a total side salad, and should be roughly buggered all the way to Brussels.