Husband an Expat overseas

zoominatorone

as I've already pointed out, it looks as if the op's husband earns too much to be claiming anything from the welfare state that is supposed to be for people who are destitute and don't have 2 pennies to rub together.

Who would show themselves up to get a few quid a week when i reality they are already earning thousands a week?

FBaby

ConfusedExpat wrote: »

Exactly, the 50% would have been charged to over 80% of my husbands income and no tax free pay! its a completely unjust amount for any individual to pay, hence our departure.

Oh! what happened to 'It's the law, the framework, the legislation and regulators that should be followed and we do'. Oh of course, that moral high stand only applies to you now, not then because then it was called 'unjust'...

ConfusedExpat

Sorry , clearly we work too hard and are bad people for being educated and professional.

I am sure you would all pay HMRC far more than you should just so you could sleep at night.

It must be great being poor and so worthy!

zoominatorone

ConfusedExpat wrote: »

Sorry , clearly we work too hard and are bad people for being educated and professional.

I am sure you would all pay HMRC far more than you should just so you could sleep at night.

It must be great being poor and so worthy!

Good luck to you I say earning money like that.:p Just don't be expecting to take money from a pot that is supposed to be for people who will never see money like that in a fifty year working career.

justlooking2012

ConfusedExpat wrote: »

Sorry , clearly we work too hard and are bad people for being educated and professional.

I am sure you would all pay HMRC far more than you should just so you could sleep at night.

It must be great being poor and so worthy!

Listen we know you are just looking for a reaction now, as for you being aprofessional. You do not even realise that an accountant can give advice on tax matters.
Also I am far from poor just not so sure about the worthy

thegirlintheattic

OP, as said before stop posting and ask a professional. You will probably be told, as many have said here, that for most purposes money from a partner (resident or not) would count as income, as would money from shares or savings in the UK. Personally this has been the case for near enough everything I've ever had to state my income on.

If you don't want to consult a professional, why not send back the form with a cover letter explaining your situation and let HMRC or whomever decide.


I find it strange HMRC are even asking for your income if all you are doing is requesting NI numbers for your kids. Surely the eldest had his sent to his UK address (which he would have to have at 16 had to be classed as a home student now) and the form to request confirmation of a NI number does not ask for income. To request a NI number if your youngest did not have one, you call the helpline and if needed they set up an interview at the job center, I do not believe the forms you fill out while you are there ask for income, as it is not relevant. Though if your youngest are under 16, they won't have a number send out anyway so don't need one yet.

EDIT: If you are applying for student finance the form is very detailed in what it wants. It does not ask for a 'household income' but asks you to detail your income. It also specifically says any other income sources. Chances are your husband would still have to fill a form in, as I don't think SF considers you as a single parent (although I'm not 100% on that).

notanewuser

ConfusedExpat wrote: »

Sorry , clearly we work too hard and are bad people for being educated and professional.

I am sure you would all pay HMRC far more than you should just so you could sleep at night.

It must be great being poor and so worthy!

So how much do you think your darling husband should be paying on his salary then?

Somebody earning the average wage (£28k) would pay around £6.5k per year in income tax and national insurance. So that's 23% of their gross income.

Somebody earning twice as much would pay around £16.5k in direct taxes - or 29%.

A salary of ten times the average would pay £127k - or 45% of their gross (in more ways than one) salary.

On a salary of £1 million, you'd pay £500k in tax - or 50%.

Which of these scenarios do you disagree with, exactly?

debrag

ab.da54 wrote: »

I thought the 50% tax rate was only applicable to income over x amount, therefore your husband would not be giving up 50% of his earnings, just 50% of that which exceeeded a certain amount??

yep everyone tends to forget/ignore their personal allowance.

notanewuser

debrag wrote: »

yep everyone tends to forget/ignore their personal allowance.

50% tax payers don't get a tax free personal allowance.

galangm8

flashnazia wrote: »

Am I really that mistaken?



Fair enough, the rules are the rules but posters shouldn't expect virtual hugs and kisses when they highlight thoughts of using a system to their advantage when they don't need to.

My child's father ran away 6 years ago, to a Commonwealth country yes but to a province with no 'Reciprocal Agreement' with the Great United Kingdom, - Quebec in Canada... all to avoid paying child maintenance.....

The UK Government sends him at least £18,000 per annum in MOD, pensions, which he quite rightly deserves, but the CSA child maintenance department can not even touch them...

but they can for arrears!!!... there is an attachment right now to collect arrears....does that make sense?

Then to cap it off, he applied 2009 for his state pension :eek:which they now include and send to him each and every month....you just couldn't make it up.