Archive for October, 2011

Have You Ever Wondered Why We Pay Tax?

In life there are many big questions. Is there a God? Where did we come from? Is there other forms of life on other planets? This question isn’t quite in the same bracket as these big questions, and is more about the way that we behave without even wondering. Have you ever wondered why we [...]

People On The Dole Richer Than Students

A friend of mine made me aware of a rather interesting fact, and that is that people on benifits, such as unemployed people are richer than students.
The thought made me laugh. How can some of the people on the dole, who have no ambition to work, have more money in their pocket than some students [...]

Why Call Students Tax Dodgers?

When I was a student I would go as far as saying that people who had jobs used to pretty much tut at me as a student because I was apparently a ‘tax dodger’.
The uneducated morons who said this to me literally had no idea what they were talking about as tax is not worked [...]

Your Salary After Tax & Other Deductions

Working out what salary you want to be on can be done very easily with a tax calculator on the internet. I have used it in the past to work out how much I want to be on after all deductions and so I know what figure will be ending up in my account come [...]

Big Question - At What Salary Should You Have To Pay Tax?

I had an interesting conversation with one of my friends this weekend about salary. Neither of us are particularly driven by money, we both can appreciate it. But do not live our lives thriving to have a large number in our banks.
The big question of ‘At What Salary Should You Have To Pay Tax?’ came [...]