Tax Freedom day - when the average UK worker will have earned enough to pay their annual tax bill - is on Tuesday, 3 days later than last year

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4586579.stm

So when you go back to work Tuesday, remember you're working for yourself now and not the taxman :thumbsup:

Gosh, that's an eye-opener of a story! I wonder if it includes indirect taxes too, petrol, alcohol, VAT, etc. too?

When was Tax Freedom Day pre-Labour? I seem to remember it being a good few weeks earlier than this but can't find the statistic anywhere.

t020

if the Tory website is to be believed then it's hardly moved since 1997 and has actually improved recently.

http://www.conservatives.com/tile.do?def=news.story.page&obj_id=80858&speeches=1

Originally posted by Longcol
t020

if the Tory website is to be believed then it's hardly moved since 1997 and has actually improved recently.

http://www.conservatives.com/tile.do?def=news.story.page&obj_id=80858&speeches=1

That's still 3 days more though.

Yes , but at least we know that our government is spending our money wisely and is not just squandering it on a huge civil service , dodgy wars , Europe and wasted foreign aid.
We should cough up gladly and stop moaning about what our Leaders do with our money. It's only due to people like Mr. Clarke [ God bless him ] and Ms. Blears that we can sleep easily in our beds at night.
And.....if it wasn't for the billions that are poured into our world-famous N.H.S. , there would be even more millions receiving incapacity benefits. Some people are never satisfied. !

Originally posted by t020
That's still 3 days more though.

That's hardly the "good few weeks" of your original post. If we work say 220 days a year (52 weeks x 5 days, less 40 days for leave & bank holidays), another 3 days represents a tax increase of 1.4% - hardly the stuff of "New Labour, New Taxes".

And just out of interest the all time high was 14th June. This was in 1982 when Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister.

Originally posted by Longcol
That's hardly the "good few weeks" of your original post. If we work say 220 days a year (52 weeks x 5 days, less 40 days for leave & bank holidays), another 3 days represents a tax increase of 1.4% - hardly the stuff of "New Labour, New Taxes".

And just out of interest the all time high was 14th June. This was in 1982 when Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister.

Oh come on! We both know the kind of taxes Thatcher inherited from Labour, and the extent to which she cut them over her reign.