Mail drop from the (Wirral) council today, the same letters must be dropping through letter boxes all over the country.
To summarise; A single person on the dole will now have to pay £5 a week council tax, which is about 8% of their money.
A couple about £12-9%
A couple with 2 kids on the dole £15
A single mother with 2 kids earning about £190 in wages needs to pay £15 per week, previously all of these groups were excluded from council tax.
That WORKING mother will now pay £60 more per month.
For low earning working families the rise will be around £20 per week.
The government is still going ahead with massive tax cuts for the rich and large corporations.
These letters have only just started arriving, mine today.
The actual bills are due to arrive in 2 weeks. For many, the court orders for non payment will begin to arrive in May.
Watch this space, this same issue brought down Thatcher. How can people pay what they don't have? How will the courts take money that isn't there?
Monday, February 25, 2013
Council tax bombshell
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That's a misconception. The millionaires you speak of pay the capital gains rate only on their investment income. Their regular income is taxat 35%, the highest possible rate. Everyone has an opportunity to take advantage of the capital gains rate of 15%, but you have to invest your money to do it.
ReplyDelete??? I think you are talking about something completely unrelated to this post. Capital gains tax has nothing to do with council tax. Every home must pay council tax, homeowners and renters. The tax cuts for millionaires relate to a reduction of income tax from 50% to 45% a saving of £100, 000 for 37, 000 (very real)millionaires. My advice taxbracket2013...don't give up your day job!
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