The Osborne " we're are all in it together " Budget

[Uncle Spielberg]

The Osborne " we're are all in it together " Budget

What do you want to see and what would you do to get this once great country going again ?

Outline your budget and the reasons behind it.

[bhafc99]

Taxbreaks for the rich.

Oh.

That's what we're getting.

[Titus]

Lower the tax thresholds and cancel the fuel surcharge.

[El Presidente]

Tax breaks for taking on more servants, and a moat allowance.

[Uncle Spielberg]

Stamp Duty phasing.

None to £ 250000.
1% £ 250000 - £ 500000
3% over £ 500000 but only pro rata, ie £ 250000 still at 1%
5% over £ 1 000 000 - on the whole amount

To get the lower bands and middle bands moving and the property market out of stagnation. The country needs a healthy property market whether we like it or not.

[beorhthelm]

Lower the tax thresholds and cancel the fuel surcharge.

dont you mean raise the thresholds? i do expect to see a large increase of the basic rate allowance as its both Liberal and Tory policy, a massive vote winner and will help growth. i wouldnt expect anything more than no increase in fuel duty. interesting piece i read recently said last autumn was the first time revenues from fuel dropped, so its reached the limit of its elasticity. ciggies to up massivly. drink a nominal amount.

expect a cut on corporation tax and state backing for small/medium businesses to raise bonds and rule changes on what pensions can invest in, allowing them to buy wider range of bonds. he has £10b surplus on the deficit reduction program so expect a few rabbits pulled. announcement when 50p tax rate will end to appease backbenchers, but it'll stay for now to wrong foot Labour. its a silly political football, but like the Welsh yesturday, Osborne will just keep hold of it to run the clock down and prevent the opposition scoring.

[Triggaaar]

Stamp Duty phasing.

None to £ 250000.
1% £ 250000 - £ 500000
3% over £ 500000 but only pro rata, ie £ 250000 still at 1%
5% over £ 1 000 000 - on the whole amount

5% over £ 1 000 000 - on the whole amount? And their first born child surely.

[Uncle Spielberg]

5% over £ 1 000 000 - on the whole amount? And their first born child surely.

As it is now. A lot of the purchases over £ 1m are from foreigners, Chinese, Indian , Russian so lets get some dosh out of them, they can afford it.

[Triggaaar]

As it is now.

I know, it's just that you were changing it for houses just under £1m.

A lot of the purchases over £ 1m are from foreigners, Chinese, Indian , Russian so lets get some dosh out of them, they can afford it.

Yeah, ******* foreigners. What have they ever done for us.

[Uncle Spielberg]

I know, it's just that you were changing it for houses just under £1m.
Yeah, ******* foreigners. What have they ever done for us.

They have money, we don't. Thats it. Nothing to £ 250k as we need a stimulus for ftb's and fts's. 1% from 3% now for £ 250k-£ 500k to get the middle band going, phasing to 3% as below

to £ 250k - nil
£ 250k-£ 500k - 1% for first £ 250k and then 3% for amount over
£ 500k - £ 1m - 3% for first £ 500k and then 4% for amount over
Over £ 1m - 5%

[cloud]

Bring back mortgage relief
Change stamp duty thresholds so you pay 1% and then 2%, rather than 1% and then 3%

[Beach Hut]

Tax credits for employing a butler

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Gideon. Man of the people.

[Westdene Seagull]

Cigarettes up 70p a packet.
Scrap Road Fund License and add it to the cost to fuel - it would mean those that use pay.
Hold fuel tax itself.
Agree with US's Stamp Duty idea but would add an extra band of 10% for properties of £10m+.
Second home tax of £5k per year.
Derelict building tax of 10% of value per year. If the owners can't be traced then local authority can automatically take possession after a year.
Tax on aviation fuel.
Swimming pool tax ( for private ones only ) of £1k a year.
Increase the personal allowance.

[Mustafa Kemal]

Cigarettes up 70p a packet.

Fags are already expensive enough. £7.50 for a pack of 20 Marlboro lights is outrageous. All kinds of people smoke, but it still is a fundamentally working class activity - and many unemployed struggle to pay for their smoking habits as it is (it's an addiction and as important as food to many people)

[edna krabappel]

Fags are already expensive enough. £7.50 for a pack of 20 Marlboro lights is outrageous. All kinds of people smoke, but it still is a fundamentally working class activity - and many unemployed struggle to pay for their smoking habits as it is (it's an addiction and as important as food to many people)

Give over. Yes, it's an addiction, but you also need food to survive, and if it's a choice between spending £232.50 a month on fags or ensuring your kids have shoes on their feet and enough to eat, then you damn well give up smoking.

I can't bear listening to people claiming to be on the poverty line while spending over fifty quid a week on cigarettes. If I can't afford a particular luxury, I don't bloody buy it. End of.

[Uncle Spielberg]

Give over. Yes, it's an addiction, but you also need food to survive, and if it's a choice between spending £232.50 a month on fags or ensuring your kids have shoes on their feet and enough to eat, then you damn well give up smoking.

I can't bear listening to people claiming to be on the poverty line while spending over fifty quid a week on cigarettes. If I can't afford a particular luxury, I don't bloody buy it. End of.

Are you ADDICTED to anything though Edna ?

[edna krabappel]

Are you ADDICTED to anything though Edna ?

I'm not. But if I had kids who needed to be fed, then I'd be working out what my priorities really are. There are plenty of products out there to assist people in stopping smoking, assuming you don't have the willpower to just say "no more" and give up under your own steam. There are plenty of legitimate reasons why people are on the poverty line. Spending over two hundred quid a month on fags is not one of them.

[turienzo's lovechild]

Give over. Yes, it's an addiction, but you also need food to survive, and if it's a choice between spending £232.50 a month on fags or ensuring your kids have shoes on their feet and enough to eat, then you damn well give up smoking.

I can't bear listening to people claiming to be on the poverty line while spending over fifty quid a week on cigarettes. If I can't afford a particular luxury, I don't bloody buy it. End of.

who the hell spends £50 a WEEK on fags?

usually between £3 and £4 for me, maybe more if i go out on the weekend...let's say £10 tops

[Simster]

who the hell spends £50 a WEEK on fags?

usually between £3 and £4 for me, maybe more if i go out on the weekend...let's say £10 tops

US and Edna are right - anyone servicing a real problem habit could easily spend that much.