Ethical shopping/ tax avoidance

[StraferJack]

I wasn't suggesting tax had gone south

i was saying there isn't enough of it going into the coffers to pay for the things we need/want

[????]

..unless those thing are delivered more efficiently and/or some of those we decide we don't need even if we 'want' them . I miss my child benefit; i want my child benefit; i don't really need it as the past year(?) has proved.

[*Bob*]

There's another strange bit of psychology to the self employment / tax thing - for me, anyway.

If you do a PAYE job, you do 'the job' and get 'your salary' - a years work for your years pay and probably don't think too much about it.

If you're self-employed, however - and do jobs one by one, you reach the point where the jobs you do later in the year suddenly 'pay' (once you take the tax into consideration) not that much more than half as much as the ones you did at the start did - which - for me - leads to motivation issues.

So I suppose I'm both greedy and lazy - and both balance the other one out.

[El Pibe]

I'm in the weird situation where im now contracting and it gets paid into my wife's company.

I now recieve what might best be described as 'housekeeping', which is wayyyyy lower than a tax threshold.

Still, i've nothing to spend it on out here.

[StraferJack]

" I miss my child benefit; i want my child benefit; i don't really need it as the past year has proved."

But that's a personal benefit as opposed to the less obvious "fabric of society" type stuff isn't it? More homeless people, longer waiting times, passport f***-ups etc

[Mick Mac]

El Pibe Wrote:

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> I'm in the weird situation where im now

> contracting and it gets paid into my wife's

> company.

> I now recieve what might best be described as

> 'housekeeping', which is wayyyyy lower than a tax

> threshold.

>

> Still, i've nothing to spend it on out here.

Jeez - I'm not sure what to say about that. But then my Dad used to let my Mum control the family finances. He used to have to ask for money when he needed it. As a result he hardly ever spent anything.

[Jeremy]

Sounds like a bit of "tax efficiency" is going on chez pibe!

[El Pibe]

It's really cos i couldn't be bothered to set up my own company and i need to pay off a chunk of this house (oooh, about a years wages I'd say)!!!! It seemed the easiest way all round.

[Jeremy]

I'll hold off requesting ethical alternatives to El Pibe for now, then.

[*Bob*]

I heard their new place is so awash with spare cash, they started using it for insulation.

[El Pibe]

its the silver strips in the hemp, remarkable properties