New Posts For Thread: Taxmanhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29468245/taxmanBeen full-time on here for 10 yrs and never had any contact with the Inland Rev and have now become aware that me and the family may be eligible for tax credits because as far as the taxman is concerned i have zero income.But concerned about contactiOf course the level of private sector pay is well higher than the level of jobless benefits....and that latest STAT re 12% and 20% is just another politically biased piece of information.The fact the Conservative Party use such a STAT just indicateshttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29468245/taxman?post_id=527798231#527798231Of course the level of private sector pay is well higher than the level of jobless benefits....and that latest STAT re 12% and 20% is just another politically biased piece of information.The fact the Conservative Party use such a STAT just indicatesSun, 06 Jan 2013 08:48:52 -0600A majority of a majority is quite often a minority.A politician recently highlighted that in the last 5 years private sector pay had risen 12%, and jobless benefits 20% and said 'benefits should no longer automatically increase with inflation'.He didhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29468245/taxman?post_id=527795901#527795901A majority of a majority is quite often a minority.A politician recently highlighted that in the last 5 years private sector pay had risen 12%, and jobless benefits 20% and said 'benefits should no longer automatically increase with inflation'.He didSun, 06 Jan 2013 07:32:34 -0600Trev - To state "the almighty mess they inherited from Labour" ......implies that Labour was to blame for the financial crisis. The main reason for the financial crisis was down to "greed" by individuals borrowing beyond their means to buy property ahttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29468245/taxman?post_id=527794227#527794227Trev - To state "the almighty mess they inherited from Labour" ......implies that Labour was to blame for the financial crisis. The main reason for the financial crisis was down to "greed" by individuals borrowing beyond their means to buy property aSun, 06 Jan 2013 06:20:31 -0600Bongo : No wonder the government is flat broke, spending £1.20 for every £1 it collects in taxes and desperately trying to find ways to balance the books, and they're unwilling to touch the old people, like they have some sort of sacred status as vhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29468245/taxman?post_id=527787585#527787585Bongo : No wonder the government is flat broke, spending £1.20 for every £1 it collects in taxes and desperately trying to find ways to balance the books, and they're unwilling to touch the old people, like they have some sort of sacred status as vSat, 05 Jan 2013 19:07:12 -0600Yes that's correct as far as I'm aware Callataxi, providing you've paid your fair share up until now or you'll receive a reduced pension.Shirleyknot, you're referring to me. Yes you can declare yourself self employed if you earn more than 1p per yearhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29468245/taxman?post_id=527787297#527787297Yes that's correct as far as I'm aware Callataxi, providing you've paid your fair share up until now or you'll receive a reduced pension.Shirleyknot, you're referring to me. Yes you can declare yourself self employed if you earn more than 1p per yearSat, 05 Jan 2013 18:51:23 -0600so just to clarify, if all i do is pay the £12ish ni contributions every month and just stay a full time gambleras i currently am, then i receive the full old age pension?https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29468245/taxman?post_id=527780509#527780509so just to clarify, if all i do is pay the £12ish ni contributions every month and just stay a full time gambleras i currently am, then i receive the full old age pension?Sat, 05 Jan 2013 14:55:58 -0600You are right people, you cannot simply declare yourself as self employed.There was somebody on here a while back, a carpenter iirc who conjures up a fictitious forestry business purely, so it seemed, so he can pay Class 2 & Class 4 NI. That is calhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29468245/taxman?post_id=527705123#527705123You are right people, you cannot simply declare yourself as self employed.There was somebody on here a while back, a carpenter iirc who conjures up a fictitious forestry business purely, so it seemed, so he can pay Class 2 & Class 4 NI. That is calThu, 03 Jan 2013 04:39:12 -0600You're right screaming - you can't just declare yourself self-employed if you're not - I made it sound too easy.You should be working, meaning putting in the required hours doing remunerative work, or work which is intended to be profitable now or evhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29468245/taxman?post_id=527704175#527704175You're right screaming - you can't just declare yourself self-employed if you're not - I made it sound too easy.You should be working, meaning putting in the required hours doing remunerative work, or work which is intended to be profitable now or evThu, 03 Jan 2013 02:54:32 -0600Yes. You're absolutely right, Trevh. It's NOT the voluntary NI contributions I pay as self-employed, but the standard, £11/month ones. The voluntary ones are, as you say, far higher.It's just that I could, if I chose, cease to pay them, having no dehttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29468245/taxman?post_id=527703605#527703605Yes. You're absolutely right, Trevh. It's NOT the voluntary NI contributions I pay as self-employed, but the standard, £11/month ones. The voluntary ones are, as you say, far higher.It's just that I could, if I chose, cease to pay them, having no deThu, 03 Jan 2013 01:38:17 -0600Just one thing, voluntary contributions are charged at a far higher rate than self employed contributions. There's nothing voluntary about self employed contributions for most self employed (unless you have a low earnings exemption certificate) they'https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29468245/taxman?post_id=527689611#527689611Just one thing, voluntary contributions are charged at a far higher rate than self employed contributions. There's nothing voluntary about self employed contributions for most self employed (unless you have a low earnings exemption certificate) they'Wed, 02 Jan 2013 14:08:12 -0600