UK taxation Reviews

..Celebrities and business people have been queuing up for years to say they will leave the white cliffs of Dover behind..rather than put up with the UK tax regime. It follows changes in the budget policy that increase income tax to 50% for those earning more than £150,000 and claw back tax relief to only 20% for those earning between that and ...  Read the complete review

The government today announced a cut in the standard rate of Value Added Tax, more commonly known as VAT, from 17.5% to 15%. VAT is a tax on most goods and services, although different types of goods attract a different VAT rate. The different VAT rates currently are: Standard Rated - 17.5% (15% from 1 Dec 08) Reduced Rated - ...  Read the complete review

Ok, taxation is probably the biggest issue for the different political parties, and from talking to people about this subject, you can usually tell which party they vote for. Personally, I am labour, and for the main reason of taxation. In my opinion, we need taxation, the services which the government pay for with taxes are essential ...  Read the complete review

I honestly believe that this government cannot see past the end of its nose. The powers that be have decided to tax the most gas guzzling cars off the road.ie:4x4's, and put a showroom tax on new cars, plus increasing the road tax for almost everyone else.Great for the environment which is a real concern to us and our children.BUT, and its a ...  Read the complete review

I'd like to know a lot more than I do on this subject. When people complain about having to pay tax I always argue with them. Every one of us benefits from the tax system. But while I can clearly see the NEED for a tax system - for schools, free health care etc, I would like to know more about where the rest goes. It seems ...  Read the complete review

Yes we are living in rip off britain and things can and will only get worse over time. The british public are taxed on everything, starting with the wages we earn, the petrol we use to get to work, the food we eat,the water we drink, the clothes we wear...everything in life is taxed. The vast amount that we pay in tax is ...  Read the complete review

The only certainties in life are Death and Taxes - so said Ben Franklin in 1789. Certainly Taxation seems to be incrasingly infiltrating our everyday lives. What strikes me about UK Taxation compared to some other nations is it's sheer complexity - credits for this, allowances for that, thresholds, limits, exemptions and so on. Your ...  Read the complete review

The UK Taxation Juggernaut **Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527): "Make no small plans, for they have no power to stir the soul."** I did not see any spin in Machiavelli's quote. I've read it a number of times and still trying to see if there is some unexpected forward, side, or backspin. It is quite refreshing; in ...  Read the complete review

I blame France for all the tax we pay. British first paid tax in 1798, to pay for Napoleonic wars. William Pitt the Younger was the first person to charge tax and since than every government has dug a bigger pit for us. Taxes have almost increased every year. I wish I lived in 1797. We pay too much tax. Why? Because we let the ...  Read the complete review

UK TAXATION is an issue that is growing in importance all the time, especially with the current labour government who seems to be raising all tax levels except maybe income tax, sounds a crafty way of increasing taxes to me! Anyway how fair do I feel that taxes are in the UK? Personally I think that they are rather high, although income ...  Read the complete review

Recently the Tory party put forward for discussion the concept of having a level rate tax system, it was not a policy suggestion but rather a concept to challenge the existing economic view that a tax system needs to be tiered dependant upon earnings and that multiple taxes are required to fund the national spending. Such level rate ...  Read the complete review

For decades man has moaned about the amount of tax he pays. It's always too much and seems to be a large chuck of your monthly earnings. Sometimes it's incredibly heartbreaking to see you hard earned cash go to 'the man' but without it our country would be nothing at all. When you consider what your tax money pays for then ...  Read the complete review

The imminent introduction of tolls on some of Britain?s motorways is yet another attack on the British motorist. The hard done by British motorist once again becomes an easy target for inappropriate, underhand and vindictive taxation. ? Strike one is road tax. ? Strike two is petrol tax. ? Strike three is speed tax. ...  Read the complete review

Just in case what I have written below gives you the wrong impression, I believe in taxation. The state raising money for the greater good of the nation is a good thing. Unfortunately, in many cases, I am a believer that given choice, incentive and opportunity, most people will spend their money in a way that is usually more cost ...  Read the complete review

Have you ever stopped and wondered what the world would be like without politicians? I suppose it's a bit like imagining what your bum might be like without the hole (sorry, crude). Tax is a subject that nags at me like yer wife after you've watched the footie and celebrated down the pub with lads (ooh..erm..hope she doesn't read ...  Read the complete review

We need to pay taxes - of course we do, without tax (and National Insurance) the Government wouldn't be able to function, it would have no money to pay for all the things we take for granted, Health Service, pensions, civil service unemployment benefit, social security, main roads and motorways, customs, defence and lots more. Taxes ...  Read the complete review

As I have learned from many, many....many lectures from my dear old Grampa, tax is too low in our country which has fallen from glory somewhat from his day. Allegidly the top rate of tax was 98% or there abouts where as its now around 43%. Many moons ago it seems now, dental treatment and glasses were all free to everyone but now unless ...  Read the complete review

The probelm with UK taxation is not just the unfair distribution of taxing, it's where this tax is being spent. I think that the millenium dome is a prime example of one of the directions in which taxpayers money was brutally wasted. When the idea was originally launched, the majority of people were pleased with the idea of having a ...  Read the complete review

I have been living in Canterbury for three years and I got into 'closer contact' with Canterbury City Council only once. But that was enough to convince me that, although the council's web site is definitely not bad (or at least not any worse than all the other web sites of city councils that I have seen), some of the people working at ...  Read the complete review

YOU will pay more taxes to help Tony's cronies. The number of people living on or below the poverty line has increased during Herr Tony Blair's period as Prime Minister. Yes. Increased. Near where I live, I see more malnourished children than I ever saw in Zimbabwe or Brazil. And we all know that there are now ...  Read the complete review