Tax in the UK
There is a quotation in England that there are two certainties in life – Death and Taxes!
This is certainly true. One is unavoidable and the other is distinctly undesirable.
For all employed people, tax is paid directly by their employer via a system called PAYE (Pay as you earn).
We pay two direct taxes – National insurance and Income Tax.
National Insurance is used to fund our social security and is charged at a rate of about 9 %
Income tax is charged at 10% for those on very low incomes, 22% for the majority of people and 40% for those people lucky enough to earn a higher salary.
Tax in the UK is collected by a government body called HM Revenue & Customs.
I currently want to opt out of tax but unfortunately the laws of the UK disagree with me!
Dave
posted by Mandin Music Mix @ 5:21 AM
2 Comments:
What made you think about tax then Dave? Have you heard about the system in France? Maybe someone will explain to you?
Juliet
I thought that it may be an idea to write some aspects of life in UK that are common although different in France.
At college, we learn a little about life in France but we can only cover so much. My teacher is French but is obviously resident in the UK.
Our course does not include topics such as tax since the A-level course is aimed at 16 to 18 year old students.
I hope that some of your students may have the time to tell me about this particular aspect of their life in France.
Dave
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