TAX CREDIT CULTURE

[BOB D.O.L.E]

What a joke this is whats the point in working when yea can have 6 kids and then you can retire has thats what this farce has become this is a pakistani paradise this is the promised land Mosses got it wrong he was well before is time and its not just the pakistanis maby white doods too.

But ive got to admit if i was 18 with a wench i would be giving it overtime in the bedroom going for the magic 6 kid £1000 a week to sha...g all day not bad.

 

[libby lou lou]

What a joke this is whats the point in working when yea can have 6 kids and then you can retire has thats what this farce has become this is a pakistani paradise this is the promised land Mosses got it wrong he was well before is time and its not just the pakistanis maby white doods too.

But ive got to admit if i was 18 with a wench i would be giving it overtime in the bedroom going for the magic 6 kid £1000 a week to sha...g all day not bad.

ahhh, Starting to see through the mist, are we?

 

[Blasphemous]

Yawwwnnnnn!!!!

 

[Donkmeister]

I thought tax credits were effective "tax relief", i.e. if you are working, have low income and have children you get some or all of your tax back... Am I wrong?

 

[mattylad]

They dont get £1k a week and tax credits are only for those that are working.

And AFAIK if you earn over 30k then you get nowt.

 

[tim west]

If you are close to the 30k limit don't apply for them, if your annual rise takes you over the limit you'll end up paying back all the payments for the full year and not just from when you went over the limit.

 

[Shutpa]

If you are close to the 30k limit don't apply for them.

Think you're a bit off the mark here TW. We get tax credits and earn double that figure. I think you can have a combined income of up to £70K before you lose them. A year or two back it was £50K for us.

 

[tim west]

If you are close to the 30k limit don't apply for them.

Think you're a bit off the mark here TW. We get tax credits and earn double that figure. I think you can have a combined income of up to £70K before you lose them. A year or two back it was £50K for us.

can only think its dependant on the tax district then?

 

[mattylad]

How many kids you got then Bolo, 15 ?

 

[seco services]

If you are close to the 30k limit don't apply for them.

Think you're a bit off the mark here TW. We get tax credits and earn double that figure. I think you can have a combined income of up to £70K before you lose them. A year or two back it was £50K for us.

have two agree with bolo on this as we get tax credits and have done for 4 yrs and have two teenagers.

 

[tim west]

Thats probably based on a couples allowance.

 

[mattylad]

er, what are you actually referring to?

"Working tax credits" or "child benefit" (now called something else)?

if its working tax credits I'd be keen wo know how your getting anything while earning that amount as mine with 3 kids stopped once I had passed the 30k mark.

The government is very cagey about actually giving information that helps you understand exactly what your allowed and how its calculated with regard working family tax credits.

There is a calculator here to enable people to work out entitlement to working families tax credits.

 

[Shutpa]

er, what are you actually referring to?

"Working tax credits" or "child benefit" (now called something else)

It cant be working tax credits, because I dont work. I think it must be earnings related credits for those who have children. The child benefit you are referring to, would that be what once was called family allowance?

PS I have 2 kids and not 15, which is a bit OTT for any wild oats I may have sown.

 

[Thermo]

The government is very cagey about actually giving information that helps you understand exactly what your allowed and how its calculated with regard working family tax credits.

no theyre not. you just phone them up with your figures and they do the rest over the phone for you. Weve been surprised by what we could claim every year. Very easy to do

 

[Shutpa]

no theyre not. you just phone them up with your figures and they do the rest over the phone for you. Weve been surprised by what we could claim every year.

So have we Thermo. I always find it difficult to believe that on a fair income, we still get Child Benefits and Tax credits.