18 hours a week is not remotely full-time, but if you can maximise your rewards for minimal effort and risk at 18, and then the state will take ~80% of whatever you earn over 18 hours a week, then do… (View Post)

This is something I've been banging the drum on for donkeys years. We actively penalise with a draconianly high real tax rate anyone who works over 16 (or whatever it is now) hours a week. 55% t… (View Post)

Indeed, so the 55% is applied after 20 and 8 [and potentially 9] is also being taken, when it comes to working extra hours. It is a draconianly high real tax rate and means may will think, quite rati… (View Post)

Tax and NIC kicks in at £242 per week, at £12.21 per hour that works out at less than 20 hours per week. If you're working 20 hours a week across 3 days, then get offered a 4th day but you'… (View Post)

1/3 is rational. Rational is defined as a / b where a and b are integers. Since 1 is an integer and 3 is an integer, then 1 / 3 is rational. 1 / 3 is not an integer though, but it is rational. There … (View Post)