Taxes in the UK

[Adam]

If your like me and have my first "proper" job, I now unfortunately have to pay tax to the government. Although the fresh hold has gone slightly up to £10,000 before tax...after a year of working I will be paying around 20% tax on my wage for the year.

At the moment tax is set at 20% on the first £32,010 income, 40% on income between £32,001 and £150000, 45% on anything over £150,000 wage.

Whats your views? Is the tax amount reasonable in your eyes?

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

Government should not need or morally take more then 10% of what I made. The more you give government the more you give them to waste your hard earned money on with entitlements and other wasteful government programs. A minimum amount for a government keeps them small and efficient. Well as efficient as a government can be.

What is the incentive for people to work harder and make more money to become middle class when a government is taking almost 50%? Hell most governments when all said and done are taking way over what you think you are paying in income taxes when you include other taxes in every day life. Its really criminal how much they take from us through the power of a gun.

 

[DrLeftover]

Don't worry.

The tax burden on the working class is only going to get worse as the politicians think of new and clever ways to enrich themselves and their friends out of our pockets.

 

[Crusader]

As long as our health care remains 'free'. They can take a reasonable amount.

 

[Evil Eye]

If they'd give me everything I'd ask for, I'd be quite willing to pay 100% tax rate.
A bit extreme, definitely not going to happen, but I think it illustrates the point. It doesn't matter how much you pay, so long as you get it back somehow.

Obviously, government overhead expenditure should be reduced to a minimum, thereby allowing for lower tax rates as well.