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"Yet mps will get a raise no doubt " Yes. Parliament will be bursting at the seams when they debate that, but when it's anything else, there's just a handful in there. No doubt the "others" will be busy devising even more way to legally rob us! | |||
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"But but but but… How else are we going to pay the approximate 9.04 million people aged 16 to 64 in the UK that are economically inactive (representing 20.8%), many of whom enjoy handouts? "Don’t pay the lazy f@&@kers: if they can’t be arsed to work let them starve. I’ve worked since I was 18 despite ups and downs (which I was told happens in life so get on with it). These days there’s too many scroungers. | |||
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"Had letter today stating my new tax code. More tax will now be taken from my small private pension. Oh well, what can you do. I'll remember all this at the next election. " Yup, me too... People who arrive at retirement age broke are better off than those that saved a little! What fools we were ; we should have just blown it as we earned it! As you say... come election time, it will be pay back time ^ | |||
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"To add I find taxing pensioners absolutely disgusting. It should be means tested. And taxing savings is fucking ridiculous. You work hard to save for your retirement to rely less on the state and they are taxing money you've already been taxed on. " We all get “Personal Allowances” which is income that is free from tax, what is disgustingly is the way that the main one has been frozen dragging more people on lower incomes into paying tax. As for taxing Savings, they don’t, they tax the interest earned on the savings, again there is an allowance that is tax free (currently £1k) and if you put that money into an ISA (up to the limit) all the interest or growth for stocks and shares is free from tax. You also get a “Capital Gains” allowance for investments outside of an ISA (the Tories did cut the CGT allowance and the interest free dividend allowance). Also if you want some extra income, you can rent a room under the rent a room scheme that allows you to receive up to £7.5k per year tax free. | |||
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"To add I find taxing pensioners absolutely disgusting. It should be means tested. And taxing savings is fucking ridiculous. You work hard to save for your retirement to rely less on the state and they are taxing money you've already been taxed on. " Savings are NOT taxed. Interest earned is taxed although you can earn £1000 in interest tax free. Interest earned in an ISA is tax free. | |||
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"No surprise there with a Labour government in power!" Well after the amount of national debt the Tories ran up, WHOEVER won the last election would have had to do something that was going to upset everyone, be that raising taxes, or cutting spending (and the service the spending funds). Servicing the interest on the National Debt alone takes a great chunk out of the taxes raised. | |||
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"No surprise there with a Labour government in power! Well after the amount of national debt the Tories ran up, WHOEVER won the last election would have had to do something that was going to upset everyone, be that raising taxes, or cutting spending (and the service the spending funds). Servicing the interest on the National Debt alone takes a great chunk out of the taxes raised." You conveniently seem to forget the debt Mr Gordon (banish boom & bust)Brown of the Liebour Government left the country in! | |||
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"No surprise there with a Labour government in power! Well after the amount of national debt the Tories ran up, WHOEVER won the last election would have had to do something that was going to upset everyone, be that raising taxes, or cutting spending (and the service the spending funds). Servicing the interest on the National Debt alone takes a great chunk out of the taxes raised. You conveniently seem to forget the debt Mr Gordon (banish boom & bust)Brown of the Liebour Government left the country in!" No, after bailing out the banks the national debt was about £1tn, and that was done to prevent the financial system crashing thanks to the worthless US debt that was sold around the world which lead to the global financial crisis. The tories then sold off the holdings in those banks at a loss. When they lost government at the last election they had run the national debt up to just over £3tn. Yes they had to deal with Covid, but they squandered so much money during Covid on useless PPE and Fraud with the Business loan scheme (to name just two things) due to insufficient controls it was beyond belief. | |||
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"Is that because of the increase in the state pension that pushes you further over the Tax Allowance?? Wouldn't worry about MPs its the Billionaires and Multinational Companies that are the real problem. " Yes. It's because the increase in state pension in my case. So. Now a bigger amount will be taken from my small fixed private pension. If it keeps happening there won't be much private pension left.  | |||
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"But but but but… How else are we going to pay the approximate 9.04 million people aged 16 to 64 in the UK that are economically inactive (representing 20.8%), many of whom enjoy handouts?
Don’t pay the lazy f@&@kers: if they can’t be arsed to work let them starve.
I’ve worked since I was 18 despite ups and downs (which I was told happens in life so get on with it). These days there’s too many scroungers." | |||
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"No surprise there with a Labour government in power! Well after the amount of national debt the Tories ran up, WHOEVER won the last election would have had to do something that was going to upset everyone, be that raising taxes, or cutting spending (and the service the spending funds). Servicing the interest on the National Debt alone takes a great chunk out of the taxes raised. You conveniently seem to forget the debt Mr Gordon (banish boom & bust)Brown of the Liebour Government left the country in! No, after bailing out the banks the national debt was about £1tn, and that was done to prevent the financial system crashing thanks to the worthless US debt that was sold around the world which lead to the global financial crisis. The tories then sold off the holdings in those banks at a loss. When they lost government at the last election they had run the national debt up to just over £3tn. Yes they had to deal with Covid, but they squandered so much money during Covid on useless PPE and Fraud with the Business loan scheme (to name just two things) due to insufficient controls it was beyond belief." You'll never get anywhere on here citing pesky things like facts. | |||
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"Is that because of the increase in the state pension that pushes you further over the Tax Allowance?? Wouldn't worry about MPs its the Billionaires and Multinational Companies that are the real problem. Yes. It's because the increase in state pension in my case. So. Now a bigger amount will be taken from my small fixed private pension. If it keeps happening there won't be much private pension left. "Thats pretty perverse economics - you're complaining that one pension goes up by (say) £10 which results in a tax increase on the other of £2. It's perfectly rational. I'm a pensioner myself but neither my occupational pension nor my soon to be paid State pension miraculously absolve me of the tax obligations I had when I was working, as some here seem to think it should. On a more general note to others - don't bleat on about the State Pension suddenly being 'taxable'. It's ALWAYS been taxable. It's the relationship with the Personal Allowance that's (subtly) changed. | |||
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"We pay a fraction of the tax our parents did. It's a major factor contributing to our utterly broken state. Started with the f#£&!^& Tories way back in the witches time, and successive governments have been too frightened to raise it. If it actually fixed things I'd happily pay more. " This is untrue. The percentage of GDP paid in taxes in the UK is now higher than it was in 1982. | |||
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"Had letter today stating my new tax code. More tax will now be taken from my small private pension. Oh well, what can you do. I'll remember all this at the next election. " THINK YOURSELF LUCKY YOU DON'T LIVE IN SCOTLAND Scottish Income Tax Bands (2025–2026) Personal Allowance: Up to £12,570 (usually). Starter Rate (19%): £12,571 to £15,397. Basic Rate (20%): £15,398 to £27,491. Intermediate Rate (21%): £27,492 to £43,662. Higher Rate (42%): £43,663 to £75,000. Advanced Rate (45%): £75,001 to £125,140. Top Rate (48%): Above £125,140. | |||
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"I don’t have much sympathy. You have earned over 12k before you pay tax, you have the triple lock, you had affordable housing. You had it pretty good. " Stop being a cry-baby | |||
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"Had letter today stating my new tax code. More tax will now be taken from my small private pension. Oh well, what can you do. I'll remember all this at the next election. THINK YOURSELF LUCKY YOU DON'T LIVE IN SCOTLAND Scottish Income Tax Bands (2025–2026) Personal Allowance: Up to £12,570 (usually). Starter Rate (19%): £12,571 to £15,397. Basic Rate (20%): £15,398 to £27,491. Intermediate Rate (21%): £27,492 to £43,662. Higher Rate (42%): £43,663 to £75,000. Advanced Rate (45%): £75,001 to £125,140. Top Rate (48%): Above £125,140. " Sounds a good deal. Lol | |||
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"The freeze in the personal allowance which the Tories introduced and then Labour have continued means that more pensioners are being brought into paying tax. The economists’ term is ‘fiscal drag’. The triple lock on your state pension means that each April more of your private pension will be taxed and in fact they will eventually collect tax due on your state pension as it breaches the personal allowance from your private pension. The state pension is always paid without tax deducted so if a portion of it becomes taxable HMRC will collect the tax from other sources of income. " Thank you for your sensible and non judgemental post.  | |||
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"Exactly. I've worked hard to save up my small private pension to go alongside my state pension. Now, have to pay tax again on it. Thought my retired years would be comfortable and it is but I have to watch every penny. Having to get the best deals every year for commodities etc is frustrating,tiresome and stressful " You didn’t pay tax on your savings they were tax exempt. Also all the profits made to increase these were also tax free, now you’re drawing down on those tax free savings and you should pay tax it’s fair. If you had had an ISA or any other savings you would have paid tax on those before you put them into a savings pot so they would be tax free. By the way I’m a pensioner and happy to pay my contribution, and yes as the person below has said, taxes before Thatcher were much higher. | |||
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"I get it feels wrong to tax pensions, but if you’ve paid into a private pension, you have received tax breaks on those payments for as long as you’ve been paying in. The pension pot is invariably has a higher value than the amount you have paid in, so there is free money in there. Just because you have reached pension age, doesn’t mean that you have stopped using the ‘services’ paid for from taxes collected. So to me it seems fair to be taxing pensions." Exactly | |||
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"No surprise there with a Labour government in power! Well after the amount of national debt the Tories ran up, WHOEVER won the last election would have had to do something that was going to upset everyone, be that raising taxes, or cutting spending (and the service the spending funds). Servicing the interest on the National Debt alone takes a great chunk out of the taxes raised. You conveniently seem to forget the debt Mr Gordon (banish boom & bust)Brown of the Liebour Government left the country in!" As ever the blinkered Left always forget their gross blunders of their previous times in office. The claim that tax rises were unavoidable is of course completely erroneous!! The government gets some debt interest back via the Bank of England, and economic growth would help with debt. With a £30.4 billion tax surplus in January 2026, it seems tax rises are a choice, not a must! This government's decision is to raise taxes rather than cut spending or boost growth, it's a long standing political preference of every Labour government in history!! Yet the Left blame the Tories as ever! | |||
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"Had letter today stating my new tax code. More tax will now be taken from my small private pension. Oh well, what can you do. I'll remember all this at the next election. " I am not aware of income tax increases in April 2026. Your tax code is not an indication of increases in income taxes but and increase in your personal incomes over the taxable thresholds or you underpaid tax in the last tax year. Basic Rate £12,571 – £50,270 - 20% Higher Rate £50,271 – £125,140 - 40% Additional Rate - Over £125,140 | |||
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"Had letter today stating my new tax code. More tax will now be taken from my small private pension. Oh well, what can you do. I'll remember all this at the next election. I am not aware of income tax increases in April 2026. Your tax code is not an indication of increases in income taxes but and increase in your personal incomes over the taxable thresholds or you underpaid tax in the last tax year. Basic Rate £12,571 – £50,270 - 20% Higher Rate £50,271 – £125,140 - 40% Additional Rate - Over £125,140 " Yes. I'm well aware of that. I didn't say I was paying an income tax increase. Just extra tax on my private pension.Thank you. | |||
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"Had letter today stating my new tax code. More tax will now be taken from my small private pension. Oh well, what can you do. I'll remember all this at the next election. I am not aware of income tax increases in April 2026. Your tax code is not an indication of increases in income taxes but and increase in your personal incomes over the taxable thresholds or you underpaid tax in the last tax year. Basic Rate £12,571 – £50,270 - 20% Higher Rate £50,271 – £125,140 - 40% Additional Rate - Over £125,140 Yes. I'm well aware of that. I didn't say I was paying an income tax increase. Just extra tax on my private pension.Thank you. " The title of you post: “Tax going up in April” So what you are saying to most of us poor folks on here; you are a higher rate tax payer, your income band is £50,271 – £125,140! | |||
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"Something has to pay for the cunts coming over on the boats" Here goes the racist!!! | |||
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"Had letter today stating my new tax code. More tax will now be taken from my small private pension. Oh well, what can you do. I'll remember all this at the next election. " You forgot to mention your state pension is going up aswell. Just saying. | |||
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"Had letter today stating my new tax code. More tax will now be taken from my small private pension. Oh well, what can you do. I'll remember all this at the next election. You forgot to mention your state pension is going up aswell. Just saying." Everybody's state pension is going up. | |||
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"Had letter today stating my new tax code. More tax will now be taken from my small private pension. Oh well, what can you do. I'll remember all this at the next election. I am not aware of income tax increases in April 2026. Your tax code is not an indication of increases in income taxes but and increase in your personal incomes over the taxable thresholds or you underpaid tax in the last tax year. Basic Rate £12,571 – £50,270 - 20% Higher Rate £50,271 – £125,140 - 40% Additional Rate - Over £125,140 Yes. I'm well aware of that. I didn't say I was paying an income tax increase. Just extra tax on my private pension.Thank you. The title of you post: “Tax going up in April” So what you are saying to most of us poor folks on here; you are a higher rate tax payer, your income band is £50,271 – £125,140!" No, I'm not. Just slightly over the threshold | |||
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"Had letter today stating my new tax code. More tax will now be taken from my small private pension. Oh well, what can you do. I'll remember all this at the next election. I am not aware of income tax increases in April 2026. Your tax code is not an indication of increases in income taxes but and increase in your personal incomes over the taxable thresholds or you underpaid tax in the last tax year. Basic Rate £12,571 – £50,270 - 20% Higher Rate £50,271 – £125,140 - 40% Additional Rate - Over £125,140 Yes. I'm well aware of that. I didn't say I was paying an income tax increase. Just extra tax on my private pension.Thank you. The title of you post: “Tax going up in April” So what you are saying to most of us poor folks on here; you are a higher rate tax payer, your income band is £50,271 – £125,140!" No, I'm not it's just slightly over the lowest threshold income band. . | |||
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"I don’t have much sympathy. You have earned over 12k before you pay tax, you have the triple lock, you had affordable housing. You had it pretty good. " But did they ,in the 80,s morgage rates were 16% etc so i think to get tgere housing they paid enough . If youve paid in for over 50years,i think youve earned the right to stop paying and pass on the batton . Lower the benifits and pay more into services . | |||
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"Had letter today stating my new tax code. More tax will now be taken from my small private pension. Oh well, what can you do. I'll remember all this at the next election. " The reason is you are earning more and like most people on here you pay Tax on your income. Don’t forget you are only paying 20pence in the Pound unless you are really lucky and pay 40p. | |||
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"Had letter today stating my new tax code. More tax will now be taken from my small private pension. Oh well, what can you do. I'll remember all this at the next election. The reason is you are earning more and like most people on here you pay Tax on your income. Don’t forget you are only paying 20pence in the Pound unless you are really lucky and pay 40p. " I'm not earning anything. My state pension rise in April alongside my small pension takes me slightly over the threshold so I'll be paying tax on that as I explained earlier. I'm aware this is for everyone and accept this .
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"Had letter today stating my new tax code. More tax will now be taken from my small private pension. Oh well, what can you do. I'll remember all this at the next election. " Cant be that small if u are paying tax. | |||
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"Something has to pay for the cunts coming over on the boats" Stop the Boats ! | |||
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"Had letter today stating my new tax code. More tax will now be taken from my small private pension. Oh well, what can you do. I'll remember all this at the next election. " And when the next election comes I wonder if you will remember who fixed the rate of personal allowance, Rishi Sunak! | |||
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"Had letter today stating my new tax code. More tax will now be taken from my small private pension. Oh well, what can you do. I'll remember all this at the next election. " Then your small private pension must have gone up and net effect overall is an increase in your income | |||
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"Why should someone whos retired and saved pay for someone who hasnt worked or paid in . Simple . Benifits were designed as a short term safety net not a career." Tax benefits were applied when saving into pension . Only fair it is taxed on the way out . | |||
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"Yet mps will get a raise no doubt " Why shouldn't they? | |||
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"Had letter today stating my new tax code. More tax will now be taken from my small private pension. Oh well, what can you do. I'll remember all this at the next election. The reason is you are earning more and like most people on here you pay Tax on your income. Don’t forget you are only paying 20pence in the Pound unless you are really lucky and pay 40p. " You don't become a higher tax rate payer by luck, some of worked hard and smart in order to earn a higher income. | |||
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"Had letter today stating my new tax code. More tax will now be taken from my small private pension. Oh well, what can you do. I'll remember all this at the next election. Then your small private pension must have gone up and net effect overall is an increase in your income " No, it's fixed. It's the state pension rise that's going up. | |||
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"I'll remember all this at the next election. " Why? Have any other parties pledged to reverse the changes? I didn’t think so. They all want your money, and once they’ve got it it’s never coming back. | |||
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"Had letter today stating my new tax code. More tax will now be taken from my small private pension. Oh well, what can you do. I'll remember all this at the next election. Cant be that small if u are paying tax. " Makes me laugh at some of the replies. It is small. | |||
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"I get it feels wrong to tax pensions, but if you’ve paid into a private pension, you have received tax breaks on those payments for as long as you’ve been paying in. The pension pot is invariably has a higher value than the amount you have paid in, so there is free money in there. Just because you have reached pension age, doesn’t mean that you have stopped using the ‘services’ paid for from taxes collected. So to me it seems fair to be taxing pensions." . What an unbelievable remark. All that pension paid in over the years has occurred interest. How much you get back depends on how long you live. There is no government hand out on early death | |||
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"Yet mps will get a raise no doubt Why shouldn't they? Because they are shit and can't get anything right, they don't care about Brits and put the illegal scum first maybe 😂" Barking at the moon again with no grip on reality, like many of the other far-right flag shaggers. I've worked with several MPs on various projects over the years, in fact I went to school with a former minister. If anything they're very much underpaid. | |||
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"Had letter today stating my new tax code. More tax will now be taken from my small private pension. Oh well, what can you do. I'll remember all this at the next election. The reason is you are earning more and like most people on here you pay Tax on your income. Don’t forget you are only paying 20pence in the Pound unless you are really lucky and pay 40p. " Really! Lucky FFS. I work for 4 months of the year for the government so they can pay useless lazy parasites benefits so they cant sit on their fat arses all day. How about taxing any of these waste of spaces who are on more than £12,700.00 like everyone else. | |||
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"Something has to pay for the cunts coming over on the boats Here goes the racist!!! " Here we go! Straight out of the deluded lefty play book. Come on then, explore to us all in the forum how the statement about c*unts coming over on boats is racist! | |||
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"Had letter today stating my new tax code. More tax will now be taken from my small private pension. Oh well, what can you do. I'll remember all this at the next election. The reason is you are earning more and like most people on here you pay Tax on your income. Don’t forget you are only paying 20pence in the Pound unless you are really lucky and pay 40p. Really! Lucky FFS. I work for 4 months of the year for the government so they can pay useless lazy parasites benefits so they cant sit on their fat arses all day. How about taxing any of these waste of spaces who are on more than £12,700.00 like everyone else. " To make such a sweeping strong statement; “useless lazy parasites”. I do hope you don’t fall ill or in a position where you need to access benefits. | |||
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"Had letter today stating my new tax code. More tax will now be taken from my small private pension. Oh well, what can you do. I'll remember all this at the next election. The reason is you are earning more and like most people on here you pay Tax on your income. Don’t forget you are only paying 20pence in the Pound unless you are really lucky and pay 40p. Really! Lucky FFS. I work for 4 months of the year for the government so they can pay useless lazy parasites benefits so they cant sit on their fat arses all day. How about taxing any of these waste of spaces who are on more than £12,700.00 like everyone else. To make such a sweeping strong statement; “useless lazy parasites”. I do hope you don’t fall ill or in a position where you need to access benefits. " You must be joking! Because I have worked all my life, paid tax and national insurance, and been sensible with money like the majority of people, I will get fuck all help from the government if I need it. If I had kids I would tell them not to bother working, don’t save or invest money, contribute nothing to society and just scrounge off the state because you will be much better off in the long run. | |||
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"I get it feels wrong to tax pensions, but if you’ve paid into a private pension, you have received tax breaks on those payments for as long as you’ve been paying in. The pension pot is invariably has a higher value than the amount you have paid in, so there is free money in there. Just because you have reached pension age, doesn’t mean that you have stopped using the ‘services’ paid for from taxes collected. So to me it seems fair to be taxing pensions.. What an unbelievable remark. All that pension paid in over the years has occurred interest. How much you get back depends on how long you live. There is no government hand out on early death" Why is it unbelievable. It’s just straightforward thinking. It’s not just interest. Pension pots are invested and ususlly earn at better rates than bank interest. Also employers often pay into pension pots on top of the employee contribution. That’s all free money that the pensioner has never been taxed on. Pensioners use services that are paid for from tax so they should contribute for them. I will be getting my pension in a few years and fully expect to be taxed on it. I’ve had the tax breaks etc from paying in, and it’s worth far more than I paid in, so of course it should be taxed. | |||
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"Had letter today stating my new tax code. More tax will now be taken from my small private pension. Oh well, what can you do. I'll remember all this at the next election. The reason is you are earning more and like most people on here you pay Tax on your income. Don’t forget you are only paying 20pence in the Pound unless you are really lucky and pay 40p. Really! Lucky FFS. I work for 4 months of the year for the government so they can pay useless lazy parasites benefits so they cant sit on their fat arses all day. How about taxing any of these waste of spaces who are on more than £12,700.00 like everyone else. To make such a sweeping strong statement; “useless lazy parasites”. I do hope you don’t fall ill or in a position where you need to access benefits. You must be joking! Because I have worked all my life, paid tax and national insurance, and been sensible with money like the majority of people, I will get fuck all help from the government if I need it. If I had kids I would tell them not to bother working, don’t save or invest money, contribute nothing to society and just scrounge off the state because you will be much better off in the long run. " Good job that you haven't got kids then. My wife's retired and pays income tax, not happy about it, but it's a small amount. I'm disabled and can't work anymore, we have enough money to live on. Plus still got my pension pot to look forward to. And I know I'll be paying tax as well | |||
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"Had letter today stating my new tax code. More tax will now be taken from my small private pension. Oh well, what can you do. I'll remember all this at the next election. The reason is you are earning more and like most people on here you pay Tax on your income. Don’t forget you are only paying 20pence in the Pound unless you are really lucky and pay 40p. Really! Lucky FFS. I work for 4 months of the year for the government so they can pay useless lazy parasites benefits so they cant sit on their fat arses all day. How about taxing any of these waste of spaces who are on more than £12,700.00 like everyone else. To make such a sweeping strong statement; “useless lazy parasites”. I do hope you don’t fall ill or in a position where you need to access benefits. You must be joking! Because I have worked all my life, paid tax and national insurance, and been sensible with money like the majority of people, I will get fuck all help from the government if I need it. If I had kids I would tell them not to bother working, don’t save or invest money, contribute nothing to society and just scrounge off the state because you will be much better off in the long run. Good job that you haven't got kids then. My wife's retired and pays income tax, not happy about it, but it's a small amount. I'm disabled and can't work anymore, we have enough money to live on. Plus still got my pension pot to look forward to. And I know I'll be paying tax as well " Believe me, I’ve paid more than my fair share into the benefits pot,but I’ll be lucky if there is still a state pension when I get to retire! so you both go ahead and enjoy your retirement whilst I carrying on working hard👍 | |||
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"They take 1000 more tax from uou znd distribute it amongst 4 of the great unwashed. Lose one vote gain 4. Thats the game" Spot on. Take from the Industrious to give to the Workshy. | |||
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"I’m going to be paying £7.50 out of my state pension come April and I’m not sure how much from a small private pension, got to chase that up" It's not rocket science. Just add up all your yearly income. Anything over the tax threshold you pay 20% tax on it. Or just fill in a self assessment online and it will do it for you. | |||
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"Had letter today stating my new tax code. More tax will now be taken from my small private pension. Oh well, what can you do. I'll remember all this at the next election. " Babe. When hasn't it! | |||
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"I only receive a state pension and I've pay tax on it I received a simple assesment from HMRC last November and paid £250 last month for the tax year but I've still got more disposable income than many of my younger friends. " If you pay tax on a pension your doing well. Dry eyes here | |||
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"I only receive a state pension and I've pay tax on it I received a simple assesment from HMRC last November and paid £250 last month for the tax year but I've still got more disposable income than many of my younger friends If you pay tax on a pension your doing well. Dry eyes here " I'm not complaining I'm living quite comfortably no need for anyone to shed a tear. | |||
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"If you pay tax your on more than state pension " Wrong | |||
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"If you pay tax your on more than state pension Wrong " Star pension is about 11k no one pays on income under 12k | |||
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"Standard state pension maybe, I've paid national insurance since I was 16 also get extra from my late wife who died before her pension age, you're quoting the minimum pension. " That's state pension 11k a year so long as you've paid ALL your contribution. So as you say yourself your on more than 11k due to your wife's pension. | |||
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"Standard state pension maybe, I've paid national insurance since I was 16 also get extra from my late wife who died before her pension age, you're quoting the minimum pension. That's state pension 11k a year so long as you've paid ALL your contribution. So as you say yourself your on more than 11k due to your wife's pension." 
My wife never reached state pension age but her national insurace contributed towards my state pension so my original statement was correct I am taxed on my state pension. | |||
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"People complaining about taxes and seeking to avoid them are traitors, not patriots in my book. As a country we are up to our eyeballs in debt and have a huge social care problem. So many people only care about themselves and not the country, ironically, a lot of them are the flagshaggers" With that logic, every MP and all of the royal family are traitors. | |||
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"Standard state pension maybe, I've paid national insurance since I was 16 also get extra from my late wife who died before her pension age, you're quoting the minimum pension. That's state pension 11k a year so long as you've paid ALL your contribution. So as you say yourself your on more than 11k due to your wife's pension.
My wife never reached state pension age but her national insurace contributed towards my state pension so my original statement was correct I am taxed on my state pension. "As does mine, if your paying tax on pension your doing well! | |||
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"People complaining about taxes and seeking to avoid them are traitors, not patriots in my book. As a country we are up to our eyeballs in debt and have a huge social care problem. So many people only care about themselves and not the country, ironically, a lot of them are the flagshaggers With that logic, every MP and all of the royal family are traitors. " How? You know ALL MPs and royal family are tax dodging? That's quite the charge!!? | |||
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"People complaining about taxes and seeking to avoid them are traitors, not patriots in my book. As a country we are up to our eyeballs in debt and have a huge social care problem. So many people only care about themselves and not the country, ironically, a lot of them are the flagshaggers" Agree, paying tax is a privilege. | |||
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"Make the system simpler, less loopholes and make the super rich pay their fare share. And if the c***s whine and talk about leaving let them " They are in their droves. And when they’re gone who do you think the government are going to tax to make up the short fall? Doh! | |||
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"Standard state pension maybe, I've paid national insurance since I was 16 also get extra from my late wife who died before her pension age, you're quoting the minimum pension. That's state pension 11k a year so long as you've paid ALL your contribution. So as you say yourself your on more than 11k due to your wife's pension.
My wife never reached state pension age but her national insurace contributed towards my state pension so my original statement was correct I am taxed on my state pension. "Read this https://www.pensionsage.com/pa/Reeves-confirms-state-pension-will-remain-tax-free-for-those-with-no-other%20income.php | |||
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"Make the system simpler, less loopholes and make the super rich pay their fare share. And if the c***s whine and talk about leaving let them They are in their droves. And when they’re gone who do you think the government are going to tax to make up the short fall? Doh!" Simply not true. There's no evidence that billionaires a re leaving in any higher frequency than under the Tories. The young are leaving in droves due to lack of opportunity and high cost of living. If you want future tax payers make the place better for the young! | |||
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"Standard state pension maybe, I've paid national insurance since I was 16 also get extra from my late wife who died before her pension age, you're quoting the minimum pension. That's state pension 11k a year so long as you've paid ALL your contribution. So as you say yourself your on more than 11k due to your wife's pension.
My wife never reached state pension age but her national insurace contributed towards my state pension so my original statement was correct I am taxed on my state pension.
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https://www.pensionsage.com/pa/Reeves-confirms-state-pension-will-remain-tax-free-for-those-with-no-other%20income.php
"Thanks I'll talk to my local MP. | |||
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