Changes to Tax Credits from April 2012

shedboy94

marie-momof3 wrote: »

Thank you for your comments, we have thought about that, I don't see that earning over £1000 per month is high earning. However, I do see your point. My son is disabled and difficult to manage therefore presently we have decided for me to stay at home plus my partner had a very bad year being self employed. Thanks though

He never said you would be earning £1000 a month, he said paying tax of £1000 a month, which would be a gross inc of approx £5000 per month

gingergee

krisskross actually said "earn enough to pay over £1000 in tax a month" not earn it. How much would you have to earn to pay that much tax?

marie-momof3

shedboy94 wrote: »

I'm confused.......you said if you returned to work you would PAY MORE IN TAX THAN I EARN IN A YEAR, which would mean you would have to be earning approx £100,000 pa.

How the hell would i know what you earn, you could be a student? You know what lifes to short to take crap from you. I came here asking for advice and help and just got grief. Jog on xxx

lovinituk

marie-momof3 wrote: »

How the hell would i know what you earn, you could be a student?

To be fair you did say this which makes it look like you can earn a hefty wage unless you are assuming the other poster doesn't earn much...

marie-momof3 wrote: »

and will return to work when my children are old enough and probably will pay more in tax in one year than you would earn.

If you don't want to be judged then posting your situation on a public forum is probably not the best thing to do!

shedboy94

marie-momof3 wrote: »

How the hell would i know what you earn, you could be a student? You know what lifes to short to take crap from you. I came here asking for advice and help and just got grief. Jog on xxx

So why make statements like you would pay more in tax then I would earn......meaning you would earn approx 5 times as much as I do? If my inc was £2k per month, you would have to be earning over £10k a month to pay more in tax than I earn?

marie-momof3

lovinituk wrote: »

To be fair you did say this which makes it look like you can earn a hefty wage unless you are assuming the other poster doesn't earn much...


If you don't want to be judged then posting your situation on a public forum is probably not the best thing to do!

I was desperate for some advice but lesson learnt, thanks

marie-momof3

shedboy94 wrote: »

So why make statements like you would pay more in tax then I would earn......meaning you would earn approx 5 times as much as I do? If my inc was £2k per month, you would have to be earning over £10k a month to pay more in tax than I earn?

You are clearly better at maths than I am, I presumed you didnt earn much and I think you presumed I am a scrounger, which I'm not.

lovinituk

marie-momof3 wrote: »

I was desperate for some advice but lesson learnt, thanks

No problem with asking for advice - you just need to accept that there will be people who don't like or disagree with what you have to say. You just have to deal with it if you want to use forums.

marie-momof3

lovinituk wrote: »

No problem with asking for advice - you just need to accept that there will be people who don't like or disagree with what you have to say. You just have to deal with it if you want to use forums.

I have realised today that I do not like forums and wont be using them after this thread. I understand that everyone's entitled to an opinion but I didn't expect to get such grief. You know lifes hard enough for everyone and too short for forums.

soggysox

if anyone knows what the deal is (and wants to be genuinely helpful not grumpy) i would really like some help.

I work part time 20 hours, no prospect of more hours due to the business suffering and currently claim tax credits. I am making a joint claim with my hubby who is on incapacity due to health probs. I have 3 kids, one a baby and I am due back from maternity leave in may.

Is there really nothing to replace this help for people like me... it seems wrong that someone who works more than i do and therefore earns more will get more benefits.....i work all the hours i can between school times (we live in a very rural area so getting to work takes a fair time and so i can't work 5 hours per day whilst the kids are at school - i can only work 4) and it feel like i am being punished for trying to support my sick hubby and kids by doing what work i can!

kate