Budget

[Brigadier]

Doesn't sound like its me who is struggling to understand that higher employment costs on me and my suppliers impacts my business.

And yet, those better off have been getting even better off for years, while those struggling to make ends meet have been getting (relatively) poorer and poorer............

 

[motorbiking]

blame the government.

They just increased student debt, made it harder for young people to get work, increased the tax on those wanting to get a home and made employing lower paid people more expensive.

meanwhile the public sector all got pay rises, which will make the cost of living even harder on lower paid people.

 

[carmanmemoranda]

Ah this old chestnut.

Companies have budgets to pay salaries, tax and NI and any other "perks" - and this includes employer NI. Its been estimated that the vast majority of employers, who have to pay higher NI will simply hand out lower pay rises.

A lower pay rise, which may, OR MAY NOT happen, is not a lower pay packet.

A lower payrise, maybe. I don't recall much news about big payrises happening when there were no increases in costs.
Please explain the difference to mbk.

 

[motorbiking]

A lower pay rise, which may, OR MAY NOT happen, is not a lower pay packet.

A lower payrise, maybe. I don't recall much news about big payrises happening when there were no increases in costs.
Please explain the difference to mbk.

Do you think there is no increases in costs?

 

[carmanmemoranda]

blame the government.

They just increased student debt, made it harder for young people to get work, increased the tax on those wanting to get a home and made employing lower paid people more expensive.

meanwhile the public sector all got pay rises, which will make the cost of living even harder on lower paid people.

We have blamed the Government, that's why at the last election the Tories were sent packing.

There's a lot of mess to sort out before anybody sees the benefits.

We could always have just carried on with the Tory fiscal mismanagement, which favoured just a few.

 

[carmanmemoranda]

Do you think there is no increases in costs?

Try reading it again.

Or do you need it put more simply ?


I'm still waiting for you to explain how this is affecting my business and pay. You can tell me about my business can you ?

 

[motorbiking]

Try reading it again.

Or do you need it put more simply ?


I'm still waiting for you to explain how this is affecting my business and pay. You can tell me about my business can you ?

I'm not sure you understand it at all

Yep. And the NI isn't going to affect my profits enough to bother me

I work when it suits it me. Always (nearly always) at a profit. All costs come out of my overheads.

So not sure where mbk thinks this impact is going to affect me.

A lower pay rise, which may, OR MAY NOT happen, is not a lower pay packet.

A lower payrise, maybe. I don't recall much news about big payrises happening when there were no increases in costs.
Please explain the difference to mbk.

 

[carmanmemoranda]

I'm not sure you understand it at all

I've asked you to explain my business to me. I've already explained why not every job I do turns a profit. I would suggest every self emloyed person can tell you the same story. As long as most do, and overall is enough then there are profits. If not, then the business isn't a success. Having been self employed for years, and not looking to stop, why do you think my business is running wrongly, or differently to anybody elses ?

Come on, don't be shy. Explain how this budget has impacted me !

Or keep blowing your hot air !

 

[carmanmemoranda]

Doesn't sound like its me who is struggling to understand that higher employment costs on me and my suppliers impacts my business.

There's your quote

Explain my business to me, and others.

 

[martygturner]

blame the government.

They just increased student debt, made it harder for young people to get work, increased the tax on those wanting to get a home and made employing lower paid people more expensive.

meanwhile the public sector all got pay rises, which will make the cost of living even harder on lower paid people.

1. As students pay a essentially a graduate tax based on salary they have no added one fig to student debt, 30 years at the average payment of £65 per month will never erode the 60k debt + interest ...
2. Make it harder for young people to get work... in fact if as you say businesses will seek to lower their tax bill the under 21's will have a job's bonanza as their rate of pay is £2.20 per hr less than an over 21.
3. Lower paid people have their wages topped up by the taxpayer...why should I who pays a shed load of tax be paying for a manky business man to line their pockets with my tax ?
4. If you bother to read the new stamp duty then you will find that first time buyers are exempt from stamp duty up to 425k...

 

[ReganAndCarter]

Doesn't matter which party runs the country, they got 4-5 years to screw what they can out of us. What incentive is that for long term solutions.

Yes, they haven't bothered to sell us any kind of vision, because they don't have one. Just manage the decline of UK PLC for a few years (though they'll no doubt accelerate it), while gouging what they can.

 

[gas112]

So the party that introduced student fees now targets the young again as well as the old.
Have they gone after google/starbucks /amazon /facebook and the likes as they said for the past decade they would

 

[aveatry]

So the party that introduced student fees now targets the young again as well as the old.
Have they gone after google/starbucks /amazon /facebook and the likes as they said for the past decade they would

Probably eyeing up a job there - like Nick Clegg

 

[denso13]

So the party that introduced student fees now targets the young again as well as the old.

They're dealing with the shambles they were left, and doing it well so far.

 

[denso13]

blame the government.

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