Enjoying lunch in a fancy West End restaurant? Try The Gay Hussar first.
Golly, is the Gay Hussar still going? I used to take young ladies for dinner there in the early seventies. The Gay Hussar and, for the more adventurous type of lady, Veeraswamy's, both worked like a charm.
Both still going. Veeraswamy is a block along the road from my office. Is it any good?
Veeraswamy I knew was still going as I still, very occasionally, use it (I don't get up to Town much these days). In answer to your question, no it is not good, it is magnificent. My father took me there for my fourteenth birthday lunch and I fell in love with the place then and haven't fallen out of love with it since.
Of course, it has changed a bit over the decades since my first visit but, for my money, it remains one of the best restaurants in London and probably the best Curry House in England. If you have an office so close then treat yourself one lunchtime, it is not that expensive and you will not regret it.
On your recommendation I'll book a table, and report back.
You will enjoy it. Tell you what, if you don't enjoy your meal (both the service and the food) I will buy you decent bottle of your favourite type of drink. If you do enjoy it you can say thank you for the recommendation.
Watson has a perpetual frown on his face, it hasn't changed in his master speaks.
Look at Osborne's face. It is a ghastly mask. What is wrong with him?
Has he just realised that he's backed himself into a corner with the upcoming Autumn Statement and now realises he's about to kill off the UK IT industry?
Kill off the UK IT industry? I am not surprised if that is true Cameron and Co seem quite content if industries die because of their policies such as what passes for an energy policy in their eyes. However, I wasn't aware of anything new going on the will affect the IT industry. Care to elaborate, Mr. Barber?
“The flexible labour market is at stake here. That same flexible labour market has helped us keep unemployment at record lows. The tax system should reflect how people in the UK work, not how HMRC wants them to work. This kind of measure could have a dramatic and devastating impact.”
Yes, you wont be able to play a tax dodge so blatant that it would make Starbucks blush.
I'm a contractor (as you may have gathered) ion for when i'm out of work or ill. I have to cover my own pension, sick-pay, holiday pay, insurance, accountancy and so on. It isn't a wheeze to get out of tax.
By refusing to engage in any debate beyond ya-boo-pay-up-you-tax-dodger, you show yourself up as ignorant and would be best placed to STFU.
ON topic, I think I might have had the world's peak travel experience last week.
I have been hopping across north India doing a travel piece for the Times, with my GF. In Agra we stayed in probably the most opulent suite I have ever seen (and I've seen a few), the "Lord Curzon Suite" at the Oberoi Armavillas. This photo gives a fair impression:
You basically get the best view of the Taj Mahal possible, from your immense marble balcony.
ANYWAY I met the hotel manager for a tiffin and he casually told me how much it cost - my suite. £5000 a night. Five grand. Ouch. And that's not high season. Oprah and Sarkozy have stayed in the same suite.
In celebration of the fact I wasn't paying I then (nervous readers please look away now) had some *relations* with my girlfriend, and at the crucial moment of rapture I looked up from the bed and saw the sun striking the dome of the Taj Mahal - so basically my experience was like being in that photo only with an orgasm, too.
Can anyone beat that?
Good to see you enjoyed India
I haven't been to the Taj since spring 1987, and I was only 11 back then.
Lol, I was being told just two days ago that the polls won't have moved since April. Le Pen has a shot at winning in France, which is disturbing to say the least. Hopefully Sarkozy, Juppe or Filon can unite the centre-right and force a run off between either one of them and the left.
They have moved Max - they've moved away from Le Pen. She was leading Juppe 29% to 25% in September. She's stayed still, while Juppe has jumped to 31.5%.
Good news in that case, I wasn't able to locate the full poll. It seems that Le Pen is stuck on 29% in the first round. Hopefully the UMP goes for Juppe and not Sarkozy.
In all, French police have carried out 414 raids and made 60 arrests while seizing 75 weapons since Friday. The captured armory includes 11 military-style firearms, 33 rifles and 31 handguns. In addition to dozens of arrests, 118 more people have been placed under house arrest in another of the new powers permitted under France's state of emergency.
Enjoying lunch in a fancy West End restaurant? Try The Gay Hussar first.
Golly, is the Gay Hussar still going? I used to take young ladies for dinner there in the early seventies. The Gay Hussar and, for the more adventurous type of lady, Veeraswamy's, both worked like a charm.
Both still going. Veeraswamy is a block along the road from my office. Is it any good?
Veeraswamy I knew was still going as I still, very occasionally, use it (I don't get up to Town much these days). In answer to your question, no it is not good, it is magnificent. My father took me there for my fourteenth birthday lunch and I fell in love with the place then and haven't fallen out of love with it since.
Of course, it has changed a bit over the decades since my first visit but, for my money, it remains one of the best restaurants in London and probably the best Curry House in England. If you have an office so close then treat yourself one lunchtime, it is not that expensive and you will not regret it.
I guess it really depends on what you are after. I have been there and it isn't Indian cooking. It is Indian inspired cooking, at least today.
The best curry in London is still the Regency Club in Queensbury, it isn't fine dining, but Indian food generally isn't. I have been to many, many different Indian restaurants and none come up close to Regency. I would say that it isn't as good as it used to be, but that still puts it leagues ahead of everywhere else in London.
Edit: That's not to say Veeraswamy isn't good, it is really good. Just not a proper curry house.
£20k of Corporation Tax to start straight away £18k if you pay a £10k salary). That leaves £80k. £30k with no additional tax, and then £50k at 25%.
So 20k of Corp tax, and about 12.5k tax, so about £32.5k in total.
Plus national insurance, the self employed/directors of PSCs still have to pay National Insurance. Then of course there are the costs (travel and subsistence, continuous professional development, pension contributions and so on and so forth). No sick pay, of course.
Watson has a perpetual frown on his face, it hasn't changed in his master speaks.
Look at Osborne's face. It is a ghastly mask. What is wrong with him?
Has he just realised that he's backed himself into a corner with the upcoming Autumn Statement and now realises he's about to kill off the UK IT industry?
Kill off the UK IT industry? I am not surprised if that is true Cameron and Co seem quite content if industries die because of their policies such as what passes for an energy policy in their eyes. However, I wasn't aware of anything new going on the will affect the IT industry. Care to elaborate, Mr. Barber?
“The flexible labour market is at stake here. That same flexible labour market has helped us keep unemployment at record lows. The tax system should reflect how people in the UK work, not how HMRC wants them to work. This kind of measure could have a dramatic and devastating impact.”
Yes, you wont be able to play a tax dodge so blatant that it would make Starbucks blush.
I'm a contractor (as you may have gathered) ion for when i'm out of work or ill. I have to cover my own pension, sick-pay, holiday pay, insurance, accountancy and so on. It isn't a wheeze to get out of tax.
By refusing to engage in any debate beyond ya-boo-pay-up-you-tax-dodger, you show yourself up as ignorant and would be best placed to STFU.
What do you reckon your rate of tax would be on a £100k worth of contractor invoices into a one man company?
I'll make a guess you'll pay yourself just enough to touch the tax free allowance, but not too much that hits hard on any tax credits you claim.
Are you being wilfully ignorant or are you really this dumb?
Come on, tell us what the rate of tax would be on the same income paid to the same person. One on PAYE and one as a limited company. Of course the government have clamped down hard on this in recent years, especially the pensions scam.
My wife used to work for a financial services company that handled contractors at BNFL sites. The company specialised in setting up ltd entities. Contractors on quarter of a million getting working tax credits, paying themselves minimum wage and dumping money into a private pension.
So let the people on this board, who have to pay for their own accommodation out of their net salary, who have to pay for the commuter ticket out of their net salary, just how much tax (edited, i dont mean you the poster, but someone in this circumstance) you pay as an independent contractor.
I would be shocked if it was close to that of a shelf stacker in tescos.
“The flexible labour market is at stake here. That same flexible labour market has helped us keep unemployment at record lows. The tax system should reflect how people in the UK work, not how HMRC wants them to work. This kind of measure could have a dramatic and devastating impact.”
Yes, you wont be able to play a tax dodge so blatant that it would make Starbucks blush.
I'm a contractor (as you may have gathered) ion for when i'm out of work or ill. I have to cover my own pension, sick-pay, holiday pay, insurance, accountancy and so on. It isn't a wheeze to get out of tax.
By refusing to engage in any debate beyond ya-boo-pay-up-you-tax-dodger, you show yourself up as ignorant and would be best placed to STFU.
What do you reckon your rate of tax would be on a £100k worth of contractor invoices into a one man company?
I'll make a guess you'll pay yourself just enough to touch the tax free allowance, but not too much that hits hard on any tax credits you claim.
£20k of Corporation Tax to start straight away £18k if you pay a £10k salary). That leaves £80k. £30k with no additional tax, and then £50k at 25%.
So 20k of Corp tax, and about 12.5k tax, so about £32.5k in total.
Salary is an expense before corp tax so you have to deduct that before you calculate the corp tax amount... Have you taken into consideration the dividend credit/relief changes?
I went to Kanchans next door to Gants Hill tube station for my birthday on Sunday - highly recommended! We needed some take-out boxes because the biryani portions were so big
“The flexible labour market is at stake here. That same flexible labour market has helped us keep unemployment at record lows. The tax system should reflect how people in the UK work, not how HMRC wants them to work. This kind of measure could have a dramatic and devastating impact.”
Yes, you wont be able to play a tax dodge so blatant that it would make Starbucks blush.
By refusing to engage in any debate beyond ya-boo-pay-up-you-tax-dodger, you show yourself up as ignorant and would be best placed to STFU.
I'll make a guess you'll pay yourself just enough to touch the tax free allowance, but not too much that hits hard on any tax credits you claim.
£20k of Corporation Tax to start straight away £18k if you pay a £10k salary). That leaves £80k. £30k with no additional tax, and then £50k at 25%.
So 20k of Corp tax, and about 12.5k tax, so about £32.5k in total.
Salary is an expense before corp tax so you have to deduct that before you calculate the corp tax amount... Have you taken into consideration the dividend credit/relief changes?
Thats why I said £18k for the Corp tax if salary of £10k is paid.
No I haven't changed it for the dividend credit changes, that would certainly increase the tax a fair amount.
What do you reckon your rate of tax would be on a £100k worth of contractor invoices into a one man company?
I'll make a guess you'll pay yourself just enough to touch the tax free allowance, but not too much that hits hard on any tax credits you claim.
Are you being wilfully ignorant or are you really this dumb?
My wife used to work for a financial services company that handled contractors at BNFL sites. The company specialised in setting up ltd entities. Contractors on quarter of a million getting working tax credits, paying themselves minimum wage and dumping money into a private pension.
One hopes that with regard to the personal details of those concerned, she managed to keep her mouth shut.
Watson has a perpetual frown on his face, it hasn't changed in his master speaks.
Look at Osborne's face. It is a ghastly mask. What is wrong with him?
Has he just realised that he's backed himself into a corner with the upcoming Autumn Statement and now realises he's about to kill off the UK IT industry?
Kill off the UK IT industry? I am not surprised if that is true Cameron and Co seem quite content if industries die because of their policies such as what passes for an energy policy in their eyes. However, I wasn't aware of anything new going on the will affect the IT industry. Care to elaborate, Mr. Barber?
“The flexible labour market is at stake here. That same flexible labour market has helped us keep unemployment at record lows. The tax system should reflect how people in the UK work, not how HMRC wants them to work. This kind of measure could have a dramatic and devastating impact.”
Yes, you wont be able to play a tax dodge so blatant that it would make Starbucks blush.
I'm a contractor (as you may have gathered) ion for when i'm out of work or ill. I have to cover my own pension, sick-pay, holiday pay, insurance, accountancy and so on. It isn't a wheeze to get out of tax.
By refusing to engage in any debate beyond ya-boo-pay-up-you-tax-dodger, you show yourself up as ignorant and would be best placed to STFU.
Livingstone's comments and ungracious behaviour are hardly surprising but surely that is not the point. The point is that Corbyn thinks he is the man to keep the little lady in check on an issue as important as our nuclear deterrent. I frankly find it bewildering that apparently sane Labour MPs are going on and on about Livingstone being an oaf (like that is news) and ignoring the tyrannosaurus rex in the living room.
To put it another way, Livingstone is going to have a major say on determining the most important single aspect of Labour's defence policy and they are worrying about him being rude? What are these people on (and if that offends anybody on antidepressants too ******* bad) ?
What do you reckon your rate of tax would be on a £100k worth of contractor invoices into a one man company?
I'll make a guess you'll pay yourself just enough to touch the tax free allowance, but not too much that hits hard on any tax credits you claim.
Are you being wilfully ignorant or are you really this dumb?
My wife used to work for a financial services company that handled contractors at BNFL sites. The company specialised in setting up ltd entities. Contractors on quarter of a million getting working tax credits, paying themselves minimum wage and dumping money into a private pension.
One hopes that with regard to the personal details of those concerned, she managed to keep her mouth shut.
Of course. It would be of no interest to me or anyone else their personal details.
What do you reckon your rate of tax would be on a £100k worth of contractor invoices into a one man company?
I'll make a guess you'll pay yourself just enough to touch the tax free allowance, but not too much that hits hard on any tax credits you claim.
Are you being wilfully ignorant or are you really this dumb?
Come on, tell us what the rate of tax would be on the same income paid to the same person. One on PAYE and one as a limited company. Of course the government have clamped down hard on this in recent years, especially the pensions scam.
My wife used to work for a financial services company that handled contractors at BNFL sites. The company specialised in setting up ltd entities. Contractors on quarter of a million getting working tax credits, paying themselves minimum wage and dumping money into a private pension.
So let the people on this board, who have to pay for their own accommodation out of their net salary, who have to pay for the commuter ticket out of their net salary, just how much tax (edited, i dont mean you the poster, but someone in this circumstance) you pay as an independent contractor.
I would be shocked if it was close to that of a shelf stacker in tescos.
You can't claim travel to a fixed place of work for a company either.
French TV station France 2 is reporting that the terror cell that was raided in Saint-Denis this morning was preparing imminent attacks on Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport and the city's commercial district in La Défense.
What do you reckon your rate of tax would be on a £100k worth of contractor invoices into a one man company?
I'll make a guess you'll pay yourself just enough to touch the tax free allowance, but not too much that hits hard on any tax credits you claim.
Are you being wilfully ignorant or are you really this dumb?
Come on, tell us what the rate of tax would be on the same income paid to the same person. One on PAYE and one as a limited company. Of course the government have clamped down hard on this in recent years, especially the pensions scam.
My wife used to work for a financial services company that handled contractors at BNFL sites. The company specialised in setting up ltd entities. Contractors on quarter of a million getting working tax credits, paying themselves minimum wage and dumping money into a private pension.
So let the people on this board, who have to pay for their own accommodation out of their net salary, who have to pay for the commuter ticket out of their net salary, just how much tax (edited, i dont mean you the poster, but someone in this circumstance) you pay as an independent contractor.
I would be shocked if it was close to that of a shelf stacker in tescos.
So you are ignorant...
Any income I make is subject to tax. If I want to TAKE HOME income, then I pay tax on that AT THE SAME RATE as anybody.
My company can make 100k a year (and be taxed at 20% on all profits), but that money isn't mine and I can't use it without paying tax.
Naturally, dividends (at the moment anyway) having already been taxed are not taxed again until any income I have breaches the higher limit, at which point it becomes liable.
So if I max my take home from the total 100k of the company receipts, then the difference will not be as marked as you seek to show.
There will be a difference, mostly due to NI. But I see this as fair recompense for not having ANY employment rights.
Watson has a perpetual frown on his face, it hasn't changed in his master speaks.
Look at Osborne's face. It is a ghastly mask. What is wrong with him?
Has he just realised that he's backed himself into a corner with the upcoming Autumn Statement and now realises he's about to kill off the UK IT industry?
“The flexible labour market is at stake here. That same flexible labour market has helped us keep unemployment at record lows. The tax system should reflect how people in the UK work, not how HMRC wants them to work. This kind of measure could have a dramatic and devastating impact.”
Yes, you wont be able to play a tax dodge so blatant that it would make Starbucks blush.
I'm a contractor (as you may have gathered) ion for when i'm out of work or ill. I have to cover my own pension, sick-pay, holiday pay, insurance, accountancy and so on. It isn't a wheeze to get out of tax.
By refusing to engage in any debate beyond ya-boo-pay-up-you-tax-dodger, you show yourself up as ignorant and would be best placed to STFU.
What do you reckon your rate of tax would be on a £100k worth of contractor invoices into a one man company?
I'll make a guess you'll pay yourself just enough to touch the tax free allowance, but not too much that hits hard on any tax credits you claim.
Are you being wilfully ignorant or are you really this dumb?
My wife used to work for a financial services company that handled contractors at BNFL sites. The company specialised in setting up ltd entities. Contractors on quarter of a million getting working tax credits, paying themselves minimum wage and dumping money into a private pension.
One hopes that with regard to the personal details of those concerned, she managed to keep her mouth shut.
Of course. It would be of no interest to me or anyone else their personal details.
What do you reckon your rate of tax would be on a £100k worth of contractor invoices into a one man company?
I'll make a guess you'll pay yourself just enough to touch the tax free allowance, but not too much that hits hard on any tax credits you claim.
Are you being wilfully ignorant or are you really this dumb?
Come on, tell us what the rate of tax would be on the same income paid to the same person. One on PAYE and one as a limited company. Of course the government have clamped down hard on this in recent years, especially the pensions scam.
My wife used to work for a financial services company that handled contractors at BNFL sites. The company specialised in setting up ltd entities. Contractors on quarter of a million getting working tax credits, paying themselves minimum wage and dumping money into a private pension.
So let the people on this board, who have to pay for their own accommodation out of their net salary, who have to pay for the commuter ticket out of their net salary, just how much tax (edited, i dont mean you the poster, but someone in this circumstance) you pay as an independent contractor.
I would be shocked if it was close to that of a shelf stacker in tescos.
given £100k income, £10k in salary (no pension, no expenses).
Tax paid would be £18k, dividends on the £70k taken as dividends would be nothing on the first £30k then £10k on the other £40k taken.
so that would be £28k.
Next year with the dividend changes it would be £32,875
However the assumption everyone is making is that the contractor would get £100k as an employee.
They wouldn't as permanently employing people costs companies money so while a consultancy would be happy to pay £100k to a freelancer an equivalent permanent role pays £60,000 or so. And on £60,000 that employee would only be paying £18k in tax.
Livingstone's comments and ungracious behaviour are hardly surprising but surely that is not the point. The point is that Corbyn thinks he is the man to keep the little lady in check on an issue as important as our nuclear deterrent. I frankly find it bewildering that apparently sane Labour MPs are going on and on about Livingstone being an oaf (like that is news) and ignoring the tyrannosaurus rex in the living room.
To put it another way, Livingstone is going to have a major say on determining the most important single aspect of Labour's defence policy and they are worrying about him being rude? What are these people on (and if that offends anybody on antidepressants too ******* bad) ?
Well you would almost think JC wants Ken there to make sure it is a balanced and fair process.
It would never do to have something so important chaired by a little lady who has said Trident should be kept. That would be to enter the process with bias. Lets have a true neutral like Ken in there.
On his Mental Health remarks, if those are acceptable it is the end of Political Correctness. It is no different from venting bile about any religion, race, nation or under privileged, ill or deformed group. Indeed you can make it personal and identify an individual in the group.
What do you reckon your rate of tax would be on a £100k worth of contractor invoices into a one man company?
I'll make a guess you'll pay yourself just enough to touch the tax free allowance, but not too much that hits hard on any tax credits you claim.
Are you being wilfully ignorant or are you really this dumb?
Come on, tell us what the rate of tax would be on the same income paid to the same person. One on PAYE and one as a limited company. Of course the government have clamped down hard on this in recent years, especially the pensions scam.
My wife used to work for a financial services company that handled contractors at BNFL sites. The company specialised in setting up ltd entities. Contractors on quarter of a million getting working tax credits, paying themselves minimum wage and dumping money into a private pension.
So let the people on this board, who have to pay for their own accommodation out of their net salary, who have to pay for the commuter ticket out of their net salary, just how much tax (edited, i dont mean you the poster, but someone in this circumstance) you pay as an independent contractor.
I would be shocked if it was close to that of a shelf stacker in tescos.
given £100k income, £10k in salary (no pension, no expenses).
Tax paid would be £18k, dividends on the £70k taken as dividends would be nothing on the first £30k then £10k on the other £40k taken.
so that would be £28k.
Next year with the dividend changes it would be £32,875
However the assumption everyone is making is that the contractor would get £100k as an employee.
They wouldn't as all the employment costs companies take means that consultancies paying £100k to a freelancer is equivalent to a permanent role paying £60,000 or so. And on £60,000 they would only be paying £18k in tax.
I did make this point way down thread... If the change is as feared, gone are the contracts and hello a FTE job paying less tax. It really is just dumb.
@Daemon_barber - Your argument looks sound enough, but there looks to be one mahoosive loophole in all of it... Tax credits !
Have any contractors ever given themselves a massive pay rise once the kids have hit 18 ?!
Personally any contractor who claimed tax credits should be done for fraud.... Claiming tax credits in that circumstance was no different to claiming unemployment benefits while moonlighting...
@Daemon_barber - Your argument looks sound enough, but there looks to be one mahoosive loophole in all of it... Tax credits !
Have any contractors ever given themselves a massive pay rise once the kids have hit 18 ?!
Dunno, personally I don't claim any tax credits... Are you saying I should?
I have no idea even if you have kids, but it'd make sense to pay yourself less if you had some - lower salary = tax credits. Then pay yrself a higher salary once the kids hit 18 (Out of the retained equity in the company...) ?
Angela Merkel for now is, to use one of her words, alternativeless. As Nick Palmer says, this is on the whole a good thing for David Cameron since her small c conservatism will lead her to seek to accommodate his wishes so far as reasonably possible. The disruptiveness of losing Britain from the EU is something that she will wish to avoid.
“The flexible labour market is at stake here. That same flexible labour market has helped us keep unemployment at record lows. The tax system should reflect how people in the UK work, not how HMRC wants them to work. This kind of measure could have a dramatic and devastating impact.”
Yes, you wont be able to play a tax dodge so blatant that it would make Starbucks blush.
I'm a contractor (as you may have gathered) ion for when i'm out of work or ill. I have to cover my own pension, sick-pay, holiday pay, insurance, accountancy and so on. It isn't a wheeze to get out of tax.
By refusing to engage in any debate beyond ya-boo-pay-up-you-tax-dodger, you show yourself up as ignorant and would be best placed to STFU.
What do you reckon your rate of tax would be on a £100k worth of contractor invoices into a one man company?
I'll make a guess you'll pay yourself just enough to touch the tax free allowance, but not too much that hits hard on any tax credits you claim.
£20k of Corporation Tax to start straight away £18k if you pay a £10k salary). That leaves £80k. £30k with no additional tax, and then £50k at 25%.
So 20k of Corp tax, and about 12.5k tax, so about £32.5k in total.
Salary is an expense before corp tax so you have to deduct that before you calculate the corp tax amount... Have you taken into consideration the dividend credit/relief changes?
The main point about the proposed 1 month limit is that people will no longer be prepared to work away living in B&B through the week, paying maybe £200+ for that, which they could no longer claim as expenses - and Britain will lose a flexible workforce.
@Daemon_barber - Your argument looks sound enough, but there looks to be one mahoosive loophole in all of it... Tax credits !
Have any contractors ever given themselves a massive pay rise once the kids have hit 18 ?!
Personally any contractor who claimed tax credits should be done for fraud.... Claiming tax credits in that circumstance was no different to claiming unemployment benefits while moonlighting...
I would controversially suggest, that it is rife, endemic even.
That plumber who drives round in a £65k Range Rover, i bet he pays less tax then the people who valet it at the car wash, and gets more in tax credit
Isil have just realised their latest Dabiq magazine issue. Its front cover is a picture from Paris attacks, with the headline "Just Terror". They claim responsibility again for Metrojet and for the Paris attacks, writing in a caption to a picture from Paris that "the nightmare in France has only just begun". They also say they smuggled a bomb on board the Metrojet plane, publishing an "exclusive" picture of the IED they say they used and said they found a way to compromise Sharm airport's security.
@Daemon_barber - Your argument looks sound enough, but there looks to be one mahoosive loophole in all of it... Tax credits !
Have any contractors ever given themselves a massive pay rise once the kids have hit 18 ?!
Personally any contractor who claimed tax credits should be done for fraud.... Claiming tax credits in that circumstance was no different to claiming unemployment benefits while moonlighting...
I would controversially suggest, that it is rife, endemic even.
That plumber who drives round in a £65k Range Rover, i bet he pays less tax then the people who valet it at the car wash, and gets more in tax credit
And WTF does this fictional plumber have to do with the government proposals?
Great. Why is it that loopy left and stupid right want to stop our own security services doing the same thing?
Perhaps because when they tried the same trick with the KKK members earlier in the month they were wrong on dozens of cases and ruined innocent people's lives. I suspect our security services might be averse to accusing innocent muslims of being members of Isis given the sort of backlash that would be likely to cause.
Livingstone's comments and ungracious behaviour are hardly surprising but surely that is not the point. The point is that Corbyn thinks he is the man to keep the little lady in check on an issue as important as our nuclear deterrent. I frankly find it bewildering that apparently sane Labour MPs are going on and on about Livingstone being an oaf (like that is news) and ignoring the tyrannosaurus rex in the living room.
ON topic, I think I might have had the world's peak travel experience last week.
I have been hopping across north India doing a travel piece for the Times, with my GF. In Agra we stayed in probably the most opulent suite I have ever seen (and I've seen a few), the "Lord Curzon Suite" at the Oberoi Armavillas. This photo gives a fair impression:
You basically get the best view of the Taj Mahal possible, from your immense marble balcony.
ANYWAY I met the hotel manager for a tiffin and he casually told me how much it cost - my suite. £5000 a night. Five grand. Ouch. And that's not high season. Oprah and Sarkozy have stayed in the same suite.
In celebration of the fact I wasn't paying I then (nervous readers please look away now) had some *relations* with my girlfriend, and at the crucial moment of rapture I looked up from the bed and saw the sun striking the dome of the Taj Mahal - so basically my experience was like being in that photo only with an orgasm, too.
Lol, I was being told just two days ago that the polls won't have moved since April. Le Pen has a shot at winning in France, which is disturbing to say the least. Hopefully Sarkozy, Juppe or Filon can unite the centre-right and force a run off between either one of them and the left.
It was taken before the recent events. The figures are one set among several possible march-ups and the best of those for L Pen. Interestingly, she does really badly among older voters - down to 12% among pensioners.
There will be a difference, mostly due to NI. But I see this as fair recompense for not having ANY employment rights.
I bet you do. To be fair, I'd have been happy not to pay NI in my job and take my chances.
Yeah, well all nice and glib i'm sure. How would your company pay you if (heaven forbid) you should be ill for any period (off work for a month say)?
On paper, not terribly well. In practice they'd probably look after me. But not as well as I could look after myself with the hypothetical tax/NI savings over the last 10 years. But then, as a relatively young person I can afford to take that risk.
Longer-term, I'd much rather see much lower rates of income tax & NI in any case, which would make much of this moot. Land value and/or wealth taxes instead.
Livingstone's comments and ungracious behaviour are hardly surprising but surely that is not the point. The point is that Corbyn thinks he is the man to keep the little lady in check on an issue as important as our nuclear deterrent. I frankly find it bewildering that apparently sane Labour MPs are going on and on about Livingstone being an oaf (like that is news) and ignoring the tyrannosaurus rex in the living room.
ON topic, I think I might have had the world's peak travel experience last week.
I have been hopping across north India doing a travel piece for the Times, with my GF. In Agra we stayed in probably the most opulent suite I have ever seen (and I've seen a few), the "Lord Curzon Suite" at the Oberoi Armavillas. This photo gives a fair impression:
You basically get the best view of the Taj Mahal possible, from your immense marble balcony.
ANYWAY I met the hotel manager for a tiffin and he casually told me how much it cost - my suite. £5000 a night. Five grand. Ouch. And that's not high season. Oprah and Sarkozy have stayed in the same suite.
In celebration of the fact I wasn't paying I then (nervous readers please look away now) had some *relations* with my girlfriend, and at the crucial moment of rapture I looked up from the bed and saw the sun striking the dome of the Taj Mahal - so basically my experience was like being in that photo only with an orgasm, too.
Can anyone beat that?
Fuck off you smug git. :envy overload:
lol. Fair enough.
If it's any consolation I now have the squitters after a dodgy final curry in Delhi, and I am presently staring at the November rain over Euston, with my tax returns to do, and no title for my new book. Hey ho.
There will be a difference, mostly due to NI. But I see this as fair recompense for not having ANY employment rights.
I bet you do. To be fair, I'd have been happy not to pay NI in my job and take my chances.
Yeah, well all nice and glib i'm sure. How would your company pay you if (heaven forbid) you should be ill for any period (off work for a month say)?
On paper, not terribly well. In practice they'd probably look after me. But not as well as I could look after myself with the hypothetical tax/NI savings over the last 10 years. But then, as a relatively young person I can afford to take that risk.
Longer-term, I'd much rather see much lower rates of income tax & NI in any case, which would make much of this moot. Land value and/or wealth taxes instead.
Do you continue to get paid when you take your 35+ days holiday per year?
The Labour Party is ruining my job. Until a couple of months ago, that job was to write jokes about politics. It required a certain amount of effort. Since Jeremy Corbyn became Labour leader, however, that effort is now largely redundant. Today, the sketch writer’s role consists instead of helpless transcription.
Enjoying lunch in a fancy West End restaurant? Try The Gay Hussar first.
Golly, is the Gay Hussar still going? I used to take young ladies for dinner there in the early seventies. The Gay Hussar and, for the more adventurous type of lady, Veeraswamy's, both worked like a charm.
Both still going. Veeraswamy is a block along the road from my office. Is it any good?
Veeraswamy I knew was still going as I still, very occasionally, use it (I don't get up to Town much these days). In answer to your question, no it is not good, it is magnificent. My father took me there for my fourteenth birthday lunch and I fell in love with the place then and haven't fallen out of love with it since.
Of course, it has changed a bit over the decades since my first visit but, for my money, it remains one of the best restaurants in London and probably the best Curry House in England. If you have an office so close then treat yourself one lunchtime, it is not that expensive and you will not regret it.
I guess it really depends on what you are after. I have been there and it isn't Indian cooking. It is Indian inspired cooking, at least today.
The best curry in London is still the Regency Club in Queensbury, it isn't fine dining, but Indian food generally isn't. I have been to many, many different Indian restaurants and none come up close to Regency. I would say that it isn't as good as it used to be, but that still puts it leagues ahead of everywhere else in London.
Edit: That's not to say Veeraswamy isn't good, it is really good. Just not a proper curry house.
I generally had excellent food in India. But it was hard to tell what would be good. Sometimes the cheap restaurants were fab (Pinch of Spice, Agra), sometimes the 5 star hotel jobbies were awful (looking at you, Imperial Hotel Delhi).
The very best food was in the Oberoi Mumbai, beloved by Bollywood celebs, and I would say that yes, it was very definitely *fine dining* (whatever that means). Pukka tucker.
Also, the wines are drinkable. Yes. Indian wines. Sula and Grovers are perfectly pleasant.
Oh the Oberoi Mumbai is wonderful. A different kind of experience to normal Indian food.
The main problem with food in India is hygiene and turnover.
ON topic, I think I might have had the world's peak travel experience last week.
I have been hopping across north India doing a travel piece for the Times, with my GF. In Agra we stayed in probably the most opulent suite I have ever seen (and I've seen a few), the "Lord Curzon Suite" at the Oberoi Armavillas. This photo gives a fair impression:
You basically get the best view of the Taj Mahal possible, from your immense marble balcony.
ANYWAY I met the hotel manager for a tiffin and he casually told me how much it cost - my suite. £5000 a night. Five grand. Ouch. And that's not high season. Oprah and Sarkozy have stayed in the same suite.
In celebration of the fact I wasn't paying I then (nervous readers please look away now) had some *relations* with my girlfriend, and at the crucial moment of rapture I looked up from the bed and saw the sun striking the dome of the Taj Mahal - so basically my experience was like being in that photo only with an orgasm, too.
Can anyone beat that?
Cannot say as I care. I'd rather hoped we had reached peak boasting by now.
@Daemon_barber - Your argument looks sound enough, but there looks to be one mahoosive loophole in all of it... Tax credits !
Have any contractors ever given themselves a massive pay rise once the kids have hit 18 ?!
Personally any contractor who claimed tax credits should be done for fraud.... Claiming tax credits in that circumstance was no different to claiming unemployment benefits while moonlighting...
I would controversially suggest, that it is rife, endemic even.
That plumber who drives round in a £65k Range Rover, i bet he pays less tax then the people who valet it at the car wash, and gets more in tax credit
And WTF does this fictional plumber have to do with the government proposals?
Small hint: Fuck all.
We are talking about people organising their affairs into limited company to allow them to minimise their tax liabilities, in many cases, dramatically so.
The government are trying to stop this, not sure if this is in the right way however. But employees masquerading as contractors is a convenient dodge from everyone concerned, except the government who lose out.
There will be a difference, mostly due to NI. But I see this as fair recompense for not having ANY employment rights.
I bet you do. To be fair, I'd have been happy not to pay NI in my job and take my chances.
Yeah, well all nice and glib i'm sure. How would your company pay you if (heaven forbid) you should be ill for any period (off work for a month say)?
On paper, not terribly well. In practice they'd probably look after me. But not as well as I could look after myself with the hypothetical tax/NI savings over the last 10 years. But then, as a relatively young person I can afford to take that risk.
Longer-term, I'd much rather see much lower rates of income tax & NI in any case, which would make much of this moot. Land value and/or wealth taxes instead.
Do you continue to get paid when you take your 35+ days holiday per year?
ON topic, I think I might have had the world's peak travel experience last week.
I have been hopping across north India doing a travel piece for the Times, with my GF. In Agra we stayed in probably the most opulent suite I have ever seen (and I've seen a few), the "Lord Curzon Suite" at the Oberoi Armavillas. This photo gives a fair impression:
You basically get the best view of the Taj Mahal possible, from your immense marble balcony.
ANYWAY I met the hotel manager for a tiffin and he casually told me how much it cost - my suite. £5000 a night. Five grand. Ouch. And that's not high season. Oprah and Sarkozy have stayed in the same suite.
In celebration of the fact I wasn't paying I then (nervous readers please look away now) had some *relations* with my girlfriend, and at the crucial moment of rapture I looked up from the bed and saw the sun striking the dome of the Taj Mahal - so basically my experience was like being in that photo only with an orgasm, too.
Can anyone beat that?
Fuck off you smug git. :envy overload:
lol. Fair enough.
If it's any consolation I now have the squitters after a dodgy final curry in Delhi, and I am presently staring at the November rain over Euston, with my tax returns to do, and no title for my new book. Hey ho.
What's that I hear? Faint, but I think it's the maudlin sound of the world's smallest violin.
ON topic, I think I might have had the world's peak travel experience last week.
I have been hopping across north India doing a travel piece for the Times, with my GF. In Agra we stayed in probably the most opulent suite I have ever seen (and I've seen a few), the "Lord Curzon Suite" at the Oberoi Armavillas. This photo gives a fair impression:
You basically get the best view of the Taj Mahal possible, from your immense marble balcony.
ANYWAY I met the hotel manager for a tiffin and he casually told me how much it cost - my suite. £5000 a night. Five grand. Ouch. And that's not high season. Oprah and Sarkozy have stayed in the same suite.
In celebration of the fact I wasn't paying I then (nervous readers please look away now) had some *relations* with my girlfriend, and at the crucial moment of rapture I looked up from the bed and saw the sun striking the dome of the Taj Mahal - so basically my experience was like being in that photo only with an orgasm, too.
Can anyone beat that?
Fuck off you smug git. :envy overload:
lol. Fair enough.
If it's any consolation I now have the squitters after a dodgy final curry in Delhi, and I am presently staring at the November rain over Euston, with my tax returns to do, and no title for my new book. Hey ho.
Want to put the book naming out to the pb Committee?
Livingstone's comments and ungracious behaviour are hardly surprising but surely that is not the point. The point is that Corbyn thinks he is the man to keep the little lady in check on an issue as important as our nuclear deterrent. I frankly find it bewildering that apparently sane Labour MPs are going on and on about Livingstone being an oaf (like that is news) and ignoring the tyrannosaurus rex in the living room.
To put it another way, Livingstone is going to have a major say on determining the most important single aspect of Labour's defence policy and they are worrying about him being rude? What are these people on (and if that offends anybody on antidepressants too ******* bad) ?
Well you would almost think JC wants Ken there to make sure it is a balanced and fair process.
It would never do to have something so important chaired by a little lady who has said Trident should be kept. That would be to enter the process with bias. Lets have a true neutral like Ken in there.
On his Mental Health remarks, if those are acceptable it is the end of Political Correctness. It is no different from venting bile about any religion, race, nation or under privileged, ill or deformed group. Indeed you can make it personal and identify an individual in the group.
The point remains that the problem is not whether Livingstone should resign but why anyone thought his appointment acceptable in the first place.
There were vague hints yesterday that the PLP had had enough but, as usual, there has been no follow through.
Angela Merkel for now is, to use one of her words, alternativeless. As Nick Palmer says, this is on the whole a good thing for David Cameron since her small c conservatism will lead her to seek to accommodate his wishes so far as reasonably possible. The disruptiveness of losing Britain from the EU is something that she will wish to avoid.
AlastairMeeks to retain credibility you must spend the rest of the winter in a natural cave. Take plenty of water and rather less food and then hibernate for 5 months. On awakening, crawl out of the cave then spread your arms and proclaim yourself AntiFrank.
There will be a difference, mostly due to NI. But I see this as fair recompense for not having ANY employment rights.
I bet you do. To be fair, I'd have been happy not to pay NI in my job and take my chances.
Yeah, well all nice and glib i'm sure. How would your company pay you if (heaven forbid) you should be ill for any period (off work for a month say)?
On paper, not terribly well. In practice they'd probably look after me. But not as well as I could look after myself with the hypothetical tax/NI savings over the last 10 years. But then, as a relatively young person I can afford to take that risk.
Longer-term, I'd much rather see much lower rates of income tax & NI in any case, which would make much of this moot. Land value and/or wealth taxes instead.
Do you continue to get paid when you take your 35+ days holiday per year?
35 days o_O ?!
The self-employed don't get paid for Christmas, etc.
@Daemon_barber - Your argument looks sound enough, but there looks to be one mahoosive loophole in all of it... Tax credits !
Have any contractors ever given themselves a massive pay rise once the kids have hit 18 ?!
Personally any contractor who claimed tax credits should be done for fraud.... Claiming tax credits in that circumstance was no different to claiming unemployment benefits while moonlighting...
I would controversially suggest, that it is rife, endemic even.
That plumber who drives round in a £65k Range Rover, i bet he pays less tax then the people who valet it at the car wash, and gets more in tax credit
And WTF does this fictional plumber have to do with the government proposals?
Small hint: Fuck all.
We are talking about people organising their affairs into limited company to allow them to minimise their tax liabilities, in many cases, dramatically so.
The government are trying to stop this, not sure if this is in the right way however. But employees masquerading as contractors is a convenient dodge from everyone concerned, except the government who lose out.
No we're not. We're talking about the government's plans to "crack down" on personal services companies (which a plumber is not)
And as has been stated already, if this goes ahead as planned, lots and lots of companies will fold; fewer than this number of FTE roles will be created (significantly fewer I would guess); each FTE role will be a a significantly smaller "salary"; all of which will result in a massive hike in unemployment, and a massive reduction in tax take by HMRC.
The Labour Party is ruining my job. Until a couple of months ago, that job was to write jokes about politics. It required a certain amount of effort. Since Jeremy Corbyn became Labour leader, however, that effort is now largely redundant. Today, the sketch writer’s role consists instead of helpless transcription.
It is why IMO Jerry Springer the Musical failed. You cannot satirise something that is inherently absurd to start with.
With less than six months to go before Scotland goes to the polls at Holyrood, the poll shows the SNP still significantly ahead while the Scottish Conservatives have gained ground.
Among those likely to vote, 50% would cast their constituency vote for the SNP, a decrease of five points from August this year.
While 20% would vote for Scottish Labour with the support for the Scottish Conservatives two points adrift on 18%, up six points from August. Support for the Scottish Liberal Democrats remains at seven per cent support.
In terms of the party list vote, the SNP has dropped four points since August with a 46% backing. Labour also drop a point with support at 19% and again the Scottish Tories gain four points and move to 16%.
The Scottish Lib Dems register eight per cent support with the Scottish Greens at seven per cent.
Mr Diffley added: "This latest poll continues to show the SNP in a commanding position despite losing some ground after a bruising few weeks.
"Interestingly, it is the Scottish Conservatives who benefit and they are now seriously challenging Labour as the main challenger to the SNP ahead of the Holyrood vote next May.
@Daemon_barber - Your argument looks sound enough, but there looks to be one mahoosive loophole in all of it... Tax credits !
Have any contractors ever given themselves a massive pay rise once the kids have hit 18 ?!
Personally any contractor who claimed tax credits should be done for fraud.... Claiming tax credits in that circumstance was no different to claiming unemployment benefits while moonlighting...
I would controversially suggest, that it is rife, endemic even.
That plumber who drives round in a £65k Range Rover, i bet he pays less tax then the people who valet it at the car wash, and gets more in tax credit
And WTF does this fictional plumber have to do with the government proposals?
Small hint: Fuck all.
We are talking about people organising their affairs into limited company to allow them to minimise their tax liabilities, in many cases, dramatically so.
The government are trying to stop this, not sure if this is in the right way however. But employees masquerading as contractors is a convenient dodge from everyone concerned, except the government who lose out.
On that basis, you should also agree that...
* Women who get pregnant get benefits from the gov.
* Some may do this as a convenient dodge.
* The government lose out.
* So the government should do everything they can to stop women getting pregnant.
Poor old Jeremy, he looked like a hostage in front of the camera reading in a detached, formal, unconvinced way the statement prepared by his captors.
He had to say something or they’d have cut his head off at the next PLP. But with some spirit, he used sophisticated techniques to get a coded message out to his supporters back home.
@Daemon_barber - Your argument looks sound enough, but there looks to be one mahoosive loophole in all of it... Tax credits !
Have any contractors ever given themselves a massive pay rise once the kids have hit 18 ?!
Personally any contractor who claimed tax credits should be done for fraud.... Claiming tax credits in that circumstance was no different to claiming unemployment benefits while moonlighting...
I would controversially suggest, that it is rife, endemic even.
That plumber who drives round in a £65k Range Rover, i bet he pays less tax then the people who valet it at the car wash, and gets more in tax credit
And WTF does this fictional plumber have to do with the government proposals?
Small hint: Fuck all.
We are talking about people organising their affairs into limited company to allow them to minimise their tax liabilities, in many cases, dramatically so.
The government are trying to stop this, not sure if this is in the right way however. But employees masquerading as contractors is a convenient dodge from everyone concerned, except the government who lose out.
No we're not. We're talking about the government's plans to "crack down" on personal services companies (which a plumber is not)
And as has been stated already, if this goes ahead as planned, lots and lots of companies will fold; fewer than this number of FTE roles will be created (significantly fewer I would guess); each FTE role will be a a significantly smaller "salary"; all of which will result in a massive hike in unemployment, and a massive reduction in tax take by HMRC.
Yes, all that. Plus a skills shortage in companies that use contractors, who will no longer bother working away for a few months.
And as has been stated already, if this goes ahead as planned, lots and lots of companies will fold; fewer than this number of FTE roles will be created (significantly fewer I would guess); each FTE role will be a a significantly smaller "salary"; all of which will result in a massive hike in unemployment, and a massive reduction in tax take by HMRC.
One of the oddest things about it is the fact that the government itself will be badly hit. For example, I was hearing the other other day of a contractor working on a 6-month contract for the MOD in an extremely specialised role. Under the proposals, he'd have to become an MOD employee, but the MOD wouldn't want to employ him - his expertise is vital to the particular project he's doing for them, but wouldn't be wanted after that.
The other big problem (in addition to the unfairness I mentioned upthread) is the legal uncertainty it will bring - just as with IR35, it will be virtually impossible for many people to be sure of their legal position.
His friends understand this to mean that the French are being given a lesson in suffering that Middle Easterners study daily. French civilians think they’re innocent but they are all implicated in militaristic, drone-related barbarities. They are legitimate targets, now that French airstrikes are killing Syrians.
As he went on, his friends heard him giving the same emphasis to Islamophobia in the calculus of horror – Muslims will be the real victims, even though “they are as appalled as anyone else.”
Poor old Jeremy, he looked like a hostage in front of the camera reading in a detached, formal, unconvinced way the statement prepared by his captors.
He had to say something or they’d have cut his head off at the next PLP. But with some spirit, he used sophisticated techniques to get a coded message out to his supporters back home.
Angela Merkel for now is, to use one of her words, alternativeless. As Nick Palmer says, this is on the whole a good thing for David Cameron since her small c conservatism will lead her to seek to accommodate his wishes so far as reasonably possible. The disruptiveness of losing Britain from the EU is something that she will wish to avoid.
AlastairMeeks to retain credibility you must spend the rest of the winter in a natural cave. Take plenty of water and rather less food and then hibernate for 5 months. On awakening, crawl out of the cave then spread your arms and proclaim yourself AntiFrank.
Do I have to be naked at the point of proclamation?
Poor old Jeremy, he looked like a hostage in front of the camera reading in a detached, formal, unconvinced way the statement prepared by his captors.
He had to say something or they’d have cut his head off at the next PLP. But with some spirit, he used sophisticated techniques to get a coded message out to his supporters back home.
There will be a difference, mostly due to NI. But I see this as fair recompense for not having ANY employment rights.
I bet you do. To be fair, I'd have been happy not to pay NI in my job and take my chances.
Yeah, well all nice and glib i'm sure. How would your company pay you if (heaven forbid) you should be ill for any period (off work for a month say)?
On paper, not terribly well. In practice they'd probably look after me. But not as well as I could look after myself with the hypothetical tax/NI savings over the last 10 years. But then, as a relatively young person I can afford to take that risk.
Longer-term, I'd much rather see much lower rates of income tax & NI in any case, which would make much of this moot. Land value and/or wealth taxes instead.
Do you continue to get paid when you take your 35+ days holiday per year?
35 days o_O ?!
The self-employed don't get paid for Christmas, etc.
Exactly. I'm self employed and I haven't had a paid holiday in about TWO DECADES. In fact I haven't taken a single proper holiday in that time.
And office wage slaves think they have it hard.
PAH.
It seems you are enjoying certain tax-free benefits in kind, though. I mean the hotel, of course.
The main point about the proposed 1 month limit is that people will no longer be prepared to work away living in B&B through the week, paying maybe £200+ for that, which they could no longer claim as expenses - and Britain will lose a flexible workforce.
For many industries which work only need specialists for a couple of months a year they simply cannot employ someone for that period and then have them sitting around with nothing to do for the rest of the year. This applies to construction industries, energy, mining and a whole host of high end specialist manufacturing. It has SFA to do with tax. It is simply not practical.
The Labour Party is ruining my job. Until a couple of months ago, that job was to write jokes about politics. It required a certain amount of effort. Since Jeremy Corbyn became Labour leader, however, that effort is now largely redundant. Today, the sketch writer’s role consists instead of helpless transcription.
It is why IMO Jerry Springer the Musical failed. You cannot satirise something that is inherently absurd to start with.The Book of Mormon proves you are wrong!
@Daemon_barber - Your argument looks sound enough, but there looks to be one mahoosive loophole in all of it... Tax credits !
Have any contractors ever given themselves a massive pay rise once the kids have hit 18 ?!
Personally any contractor who claimed tax credits should be done for fraud.... Claiming tax credits in that circumstance was no different to claiming unemployment benefits while moonlighting...
I would controversially suggest, that it is rife, endemic even.
That plumber who drives round in a £65k Range Rover, i bet he pays less tax then the people who valet it at the car wash, and gets more in tax credit
And WTF does this fictional plumber have to do with the government proposals?
Small hint: Fuck all.
We are talking about people organising their affairs into limited company to allow them to minimise their tax liabilities, in many cases, dramatically so.
The government are trying to stop this, not sure if this is in the right way however. But employees masquerading as contractors is a convenient dodge from everyone concerned, except the government who lose out.
No we're not. We're talking about the government's plans to "crack down" on personal services companies (which a plumber is not)
And as has been stated already, if this goes ahead as planned, lots and lots of companies will fold; fewer than this number of FTE roles will be created (significantly fewer I would guess); each FTE role will be a a significantly smaller "salary"; all of which will result in a massive hike in unemployment, and a massive reduction in tax take by HMRC.
Yes, taxing income causes unemployment. 'Twas always thus.
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Did you notice 'MPs should only be paid a worker’s wage'.
Have McDonnell and Corbyn taken a pay cut or agreed to donate to charity, what they consider excessive?
No, but the Mrs Merton question to your other half....
'What first attracted you to the travel journalist with virtually limitless access to first class travel and accommodation, SeanT??
What do you reckon your rate of tax would be on a £100k worth of contractor invoices into a one man company?
I'll make a guess you'll pay yourself just enough to touch the tax free allowance, but not too much that hits hard on any tax credits you claim.
£20k of Corporation Tax to start straight away £18k if you pay a £10k salary). That leaves £80k. £30k with no additional tax, and then £50k at 25%.
So 20k of Corp tax, and about 12.5k tax, so about £32.5k in total.
Obama has just been plain poor.
I haven't been to the Taj since spring 1987, and I was only 11 back then.
The best curry in London is still the Regency Club in Queensbury, it isn't fine dining, but Indian food generally isn't. I have been to many, many different Indian restaurants and none come up close to Regency. I would say that it isn't as good as it used to be, but that still puts it leagues ahead of everywhere else in London.
Edit: That's not to say Veeraswamy isn't good, it is really good. Just not a proper curry house.
So 20k of Corp tax, and about 12.5k tax, so about £32.5k in total.
next year with the dividend tax changes its 18.5k in tax so 38.5k in total.
My wife used to work for a financial services company that handled contractors at BNFL sites. The company specialised in setting up ltd entities. Contractors on quarter of a million getting working tax credits, paying themselves minimum wage and dumping money into a private pension.
So let the people on this board, who have to pay for their own accommodation out of their net salary, who have to pay for the commuter ticket out of their net salary, just how much tax (edited, i dont mean you the poster, but someone in this circumstance) you pay as an independent contractor.
I would be shocked if it was close to that of a shelf stacker in tescos.
http://blogs.new.spectator.co.uk/2015/11/ken-livingstone-tells-labour-mp-to-get-over-mental-health-jibe/
Thats all you need!
So 20k of Corp tax, and about 12.5k tax, so about £32.5k in total.
Salary is an expense before corp tax so you have to deduct that before you calculate the corp tax amount...
Have you taken into consideration the dividend credit/relief changes?
Have you taken into consideration the dividend credit/relief changes?
Thats why I said £18k for the Corp tax if salary of £10k is paid.
No I haven't changed it for the dividend credit changes, that would certainly increase the tax a fair amount.
So 20k of Corp tax, and about 12.5k tax, so about £32.5k in total.
Only if you were the first company in existence to never take expenses or make pension contributions.
To put it another way, Livingstone is going to have a major say on determining the most important single aspect of Labour's defence policy and they are worrying about him being rude? What are these people on (and if that offends anybody on antidepressants too ******* bad) ?
Any income I make is subject to tax.
If I want to TAKE HOME income, then I pay tax on that AT THE SAME RATE as anybody.
My company can make 100k a year (and be taxed at 20% on all profits), but that money isn't mine and I can't use it without paying tax.
Naturally, dividends (at the moment anyway) having already been taxed are not taxed again until any income I have breaches the higher limit, at which point it becomes liable.
So if I max my take home from the total 100k of the company receipts, then the difference will not be as marked as you seek to show.
There will be a difference, mostly due to NI. But I see this as fair recompense for not having ANY employment rights.
You do realise that individuals making pension contributions get tax relief as well as a company making contributions?
You're throwing up strawman after strawman.
Tax paid would be £18k, dividends on the £70k taken as dividends would be nothing on the first £30k then £10k on the other £40k taken.
so that would be £28k.
Next year with the dividend changes it would be £32,875
However the assumption everyone is making is that the contractor would get £100k as an employee.
They wouldn't as permanently employing people costs companies money so while a consultancy would be happy to pay £100k to a freelancer an equivalent permanent role pays £60,000 or so. And on £60,000 that employee would only be paying £18k in tax.
It would never do to have something so important chaired by a little lady who has said Trident should be kept. That would be to enter the process with bias. Lets have a true neutral like Ken in there.
On his Mental Health remarks, if those are acceptable it is the end of Political Correctness. It is no different from venting bile about any religion, race, nation or under privileged, ill or deformed group. Indeed you can make it personal and identify an individual in the group.
Have any contractors ever given themselves a massive pay rise once the kids have hit 18
If I can use some exotic booze,
is there a bar, in far Bombay???
Merkel's problem isn't so much losing to a domestic rival as losing face, influence and respect within the EU (and on the global stage).
Her migration policy was blatant madness when it was first uttered and events have only made plainer how disastrous and idiotic her approach is.
Looks like a Gordon Brown sized loophole to me !
Have you taken into consideration the dividend credit/relief changes?
The main point about the proposed 1 month limit is that people will no longer be prepared to work away living in B&B through the week, paying maybe £200+ for that, which they could no longer claim as expenses - and Britain will lose a flexible workforce.
How would your company pay you if (heaven forbid) you should be ill for any period (off work for a month say)?
If they need/want the money they'll take it.
That plumber who drives round in a £65k Range Rover, i bet he pays less tax then the people who valet it at the car wash, and gets more in tax credit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgbnWm6nMR4
Small hint: Fuck all.
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http://www.ifop.com/media/poll/3198-1-study_file.pdf
It was taken before the recent events. The figures are one set among several possible march-ups and the best of those for L Pen. Interestingly, she does really badly among older voters - down to 12% among pensioners.
We can expect an unfavourable turn in Merkels fortunes in the very near future.
Longer-term, I'd much rather see much lower rates of income tax & NI in any case, which would make much of this moot. Land value and/or wealth taxes instead.
Labour: a party hell-bent on doing satirists out of a job. My sketch: https://t.co/OZDOlGkA6L https://t.co/IpalsCzrYZ
The main problem with food in India is hygiene and turnover.
I'd rather hoped we had reached peak boasting by now.
The government are trying to stop this, not sure if this is in the right way however. But employees masquerading as contractors is a convenient dodge from everyone concerned, except the government who lose out.
There were vague hints yesterday that the PLP had had enough but, as usual, there has been no follow through.
SEATS
SNP - 72
LAB - 25
CON - 17
GREEN - 8
LD - 7 https://t.co/EBcyH5EpDQ
And as has been stated already, if this goes ahead as planned, lots and lots of companies will fold; fewer than this number of FTE roles will be created (significantly fewer I would guess); each FTE role will be a a significantly smaller "salary"; all of which will result in a massive hike in unemployment, and a massive reduction in tax take by HMRC.
Any =/= All !
In fact ONE suffices.
With less than six months to go before Scotland goes to the polls at Holyrood, the poll shows the SNP still significantly ahead while the Scottish Conservatives have gained ground.
Among those likely to vote, 50% would cast their constituency vote for the SNP, a decrease of five points from August this year.
While 20% would vote for Scottish Labour with the support for the Scottish Conservatives two points adrift on 18%, up six points from August. Support for the Scottish Liberal Democrats remains at seven per cent support.
In terms of the party list vote, the SNP has dropped four points since August with a 46% backing. Labour also drop a point with support at 19% and again the Scottish Tories gain four points and move to 16%.
The Scottish Lib Dems register eight per cent support with the Scottish Greens at seven per cent.
Mr Diffley added: "This latest poll continues to show the SNP in a commanding position despite losing some ground after a bruising few weeks.
"Interestingly, it is the Scottish Conservatives who benefit and they are now seriously challenging Labour as the main challenger to the SNP ahead of the Holyrood vote next May.
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* Women who get pregnant get benefits from the gov.
* Some may do this as a convenient dodge.
* The government lose out.
* So the government should do everything they can to stop women getting pregnant.
The other big problem (in addition to the unfairness I mentioned upthread) is the legal uncertainty it will bring - just as with IR35, it will be virtually impossible for many people to be sure of their legal position.
We have a winner for the challenge posted earlier:
PS: If Ken Livingstone resigns from Corbyn’s defence review, maybe Gerry Adams can step in until Edward Snowden is available?
"Forgiveness is between them and God. It's my job to arrange the meeting."
- John Creasey, Man on Fire