Tracy D'arth Posted August 26, 2021 Report Share Posted August 26, 2021 12 minutes ago, Wanderer Vagabond said: And the fuel for the car? with no fuel duty?? Plenty of knock off, but you are being obtuse. A day I sent a 56 year old out to repair a washer. He is sat on his tool box replacing a timer say, and feels his hair crinkle on his neck. Turning round, he sees the lady of the house draped in the kitchen doorway - naked -. She had answered the door in a nighty. Being a gent, he rose slowly, read his job sheet and informed the lady that as the job was under guarantee and he had a heavy mornings workload, her affections would not be required, thank you. Not at all an uncommon an occurrence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderer Vagabond Posted August 26, 2021 Report Share Posted August 26, 2021 Just now, Tracy D'arth said: Plenty of knock off, but you are being obtuse. A day I sent a 56 year old out to repair a washer. He is sat on his tool box replacing a timer say, and feels his hair crinkle on his neck. Turning round, he sees the lady of the house draped in the kitchen doorway - naked -. She had answered the door in a nighty. Being a gent, he rose slowly, read his job sheet and informed the lady that as the job was under guarantee and he had a heavy mornings workload, her affections would not be required, thank you. Not at all an uncommon an occurrence. So anecdotal then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy D'arth Posted August 26, 2021 Report Share Posted August 26, 2021 1 minute ago, Wanderer Vagabond said: So anecdotal then. Well, yes, but even I had to cope with the innuendo and offers. I had an expensive new coat left in the van one day by a customer with a very explicit note on what I was to wear underneath it next time I called. It went to the charity shop (probably stolen anyway). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderer Vagabond Posted August 26, 2021 Report Share Posted August 26, 2021 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Tracy D'arth said: Well, yes, but even I had to cope with the innuendo and offers. I had an expensive new coat left in the van one day by a customer with a very explicit note on what I was to wear underneath it next time I called. It went to the charity shop (probably stolen anyway). Well if we are talking tax fiddles, I can tell you of many of my fellow truck drivers (when I was driving trucks) who made a whole lot more money (cash in hand, tax free) selling pallets than they did in driver's wages, using the company vehicles to transport them. Anecdotes may be interesting (or they may not) but don't prove much. Edited August 26, 2021 by Wanderer Vagabond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil2 Posted August 26, 2021 Report Share Posted August 26, 2021 3 minutes ago, Wanderer Vagabond said: Well if we are talking tax fiddles, I can tell you of many of my fellow truck drivers (when I was driving trucks) who made a whole lot more money (cash in hand, tax free) selling pallets than they did in driver's wages, using the company vehicles to transport them. Anecdotes may be interesting (or they may not) but don't prove much. Years when I was a coach driver it was actually assumed that you would have ways/means of making extra money, that's how the company justified the low wages! But these days, especially with so many folk embracing the cashless society and increasing amounts of trading online, I do wonder how much gets by HMRC, I'm not convinced that it's significant. Anyone who has been cooking the books will have been burned by the SEISS conditions that work out your grant based on declared income - that must have made a lot of self employed people think again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted August 26, 2021 Report Share Posted August 26, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Neil2 said: . What concerns me most is that if you think of all the hostile fast bowlers England have produced over the years, I don't think there's a single one that was educated privately. I'm sure that many batsmen who have faced Stuart Broad would consider him hostile. Derek Pringle, perhaps slightly less so. Edited August 26, 2021 by Athy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo47 Posted August 26, 2021 Report Share Posted August 26, 2021 (edited) On 25/08/2021 at 21:09, Ronaldo47 said: It could be effectively over 100% for one year, I think 1949 or 1950, because for the very wealthy there was a tax on capital on top of the 95% income tax, levied on the interest from savings and other unearned income. Dug out my source, a "News of the World" almanac for 1951. The year was actually 1948, and the relevant passage is as follows: +++++++++++++++++++++ Capital Levy In 1948 a "special contribution" was levied on all those who had an income of over £2,000 of which £250 came from investments. The top rate was 10/- in the £. A person receiving an investment income of £20,000 thus had to pay in income tax, surtax and special.contribution £24,900. ++++++++++++++++ A footnote to the then-current 1950-51 tax year assessments notes : ++++++++++++++++ A married man with three children earning £1 million would suffer tax, at present-day rates, to the extent of £971,064. 5s. 0d., or 97.1 per cent. In order to achieve a net income of £1 million the same man would find it necessary to earn £39,842,570. ++++++++++++++++++ Of course, most of the working population would not have been affected by these swingeing tax rates, but you can understand why there were so many UK tax exiles from the 1940's until the easing of higher-rate taxes in the 1970's, especially as the 1950-51 death duty on estates of more than £1 million was 80%. Edited August 26, 2021 by Ronaldo47 typos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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