Do away with the myriad of pointless benefits, tax credits etc...

[DimPrawn]

...and raise the minimum wage and cut tax and NI for low earners.

How ******* hard is it?

[ItsQuickerAntiClockwise]

...and raise the minimum wage and cut tax and NI for low earners.

How ******* hard is it?

I hear ya Dim Prawn....... the Con-Dems don't but I do.

[Boudica]

...and raise the minimum wage and cut tax and NI for low earners.

How ******* hard is it?

or have a flat tax?

imagine how many pen-pushers that would do out of a job

government cronies won't get rid of the myriad of benefits and tax credits because it keeps them in work

[ItsQuickerAntiClockwise]

or have a flat tax?

imagine how many pen-pushers that would do out of a job

government cronies won't get rid of the myriad of benefits and tax credits because it keeps them in work

Flat taxes aren't fair.

They are for me and you, but not for the majority of society.

[gingerjedi]

Flat taxes aren't fair.

They are for me and you, but not for the majority of society.

Why not?

[DimPrawn]

I think the argument is that say 30% tax on £20K is a lot harder to take than 30% tax on an income of £200K.

[Mich the Tester]

How ******* hard is it?

Wrong question. How much work does it provide for contractors?

[ItsQuickerAntiClockwise]

I think the argument is that say 30% tax on £20K is a lot harder to take than 30% tax on an income of £200K.

WHS .......

The only way you could make it slightly fairer is to make sure you have a high no-tax-paid threshold, like £10,000 or even £15,000 ....... That way all everyone has enough to make sure they can afford the basics of living. After that you get taxed a flat rate on what you earn.

[DimPrawn]

WHS .......

The only way you could make it slightly fairer is to make sure you have a high no-tax-paid threshold, like £10,000 or even £15,000 ....... That way all everyone has enough to make sure they can afford the basics of living. After that you get taxed a flat rate on what you earn.

WHS

A very high tax free allowance and then a flat rate. I would say this is the fairest and simplest system to have.

It would have to be about £15K minimum to work.

[HairyArsedBloke]

Scrap the minimum wage, benefits, employment 'protection' laws, 'elf and safety, and other stuff that has been a burden for years. It would all sort itself out in no time.

It won't be nice.

There is a choice: do it now as considerable cost, or do it later at extortionate cost. It is far too late for any 'soft landing' to happen.