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  1. 9 minutes ago, scottsdad said:

    Another 1% increase. hey ho.

    But they should move the thresholds to nice, round numbers. I mean: Intermediate rate £25,689 to £43,622. Why not £26,000 to £43500, say. Make life easier for the accountants.

    I think only the top threshold has changed - the £43,622 figure being quoted is the break even point - below this your tax bill stays the same above this the new 42% and 47% rares will make your bill higher than previous.

  2. 22 minutes ago, Buddie Holly said:

    good drivers move into the middle lane well before they reach the slip road 🚗

    Agreed, and what I normally do on that stretch but others fill the empty lane - what I’m suggesting is hatch the lane between the two slips thus forcing everyone to be that good driver and use the other two lanes - it’s a short slip and uphill so it eases the problem.

  3. 23 hours ago, RH33 said:

    The slip road to join from B&Q retail park onto the westbound carriage way is really short, hate it, often see folk stuck at end of it.

     

    Hate that junction too - always felt the inside lane could be “hatched” from previous off slip so that through traffic used middle and outside lanes leaving inside lane clear for joining traffic.

  4. 21 minutes ago, Trogdor said:

    Where did you get your figures?

    It's about a £180 saving for someone on £28k pa. For someone earning £50k pa it is actually £1,800. There was already decent divergence at that level before the Tory tax cuts.

    Your saving of £2,500 on the £100k pa figure is right though.

    Pragmatically, I expect the Scot Gov will retain the 45p top rate and do something for lower and middle earners. 

    The magic of a spreadsheet and tax allowance thresholds from .gov site. I am assuming same trigger points will remain.

    Interestingly for England the new 19% yields a saving of £377 for everone who earns more than £50,270 then it’s only if you earn more than £150K with abolition of 45% that you start saving big.

    My workings were done quite quickly - hope I’ve no made a baws of any of them.

  5. 12 minutes ago, DA Baracus said:

    There's talk that the Scottish government need to do something or else high earners will move to England.

    The response should be telling them to get fucked then. We shouldn't be facilitating greed.

    The reality is, would it be worth moving for the meagre tax savings.

    For example if you earn £50K pa, tax saving if you live in England would be approx £180 

    £100K per year would save £2500 - Only when you get up at the £500K per annum earnings would significant savings around £24,000 make you consider it - but even then house prices would probably swallow that up on your move.

     

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