Monday 2 June 2008

Free At Last

June 2nd this year is also Tax Freedom Day, the day on which we start earning money for ourselves, as against giving it all to that nice Gordon Brown. Surprisingly, it's a day earlier than last year - though, if government borrowing is factored in, the real date is June 14th. In America this year, Tax Freedom Day falls on April 23rd - which is about where it was in the early 60s in the UK. And it would have been earlier still back in 1953 when the Queen was crowned.
As I've remarked before, working nearly half the year for The Man compares very unfavourably with the feudal system. That's progress.

5 comments:

  1. who does your returns, nige? April 6th, the accountants celebrate new year's day...

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  2. Nige, being a wholly owned subsidiary of NigeCorp, is not eligible for UK tax. His accounts can be inspected, by appointment, at his Cayman Islands office.

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  3. you mean you're literally paid peanuts?

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  4. You must be the Luxembourg City branch of Nigecorp then Nige, I can recommend a very good bank in Echternach, VFQA sarl (very few questions asked), or a one in Vianden, English spoken.

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