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Thread #80152 Message #1465238
Posted By: Crystal
19-Apr-05 - 08:54 AM
Thread Name: BS: UK Elections
Subject: RE: BS: UK Elections
Students don't pay council tax as we don't usually own our own homes and are normally classed as residing with our parents anyway. We don't pay tax on our main income as it is a loan, we are allowed up to £4000 (possibly more) tax free parental gifts and we can earn £4000 per year before tax and national insurance contributions are asked of us. However students are not eligable for state support.
My yearly income of about £3000 creeps under the tax barrier, although when I get a part time job I'm likely to be charged as high a rate of tax as the ******* inland revenue can get away with, even though, in theory, I'm not earning enough!
Any party which taxes sensibly gets my vote (so Monster Raving Loony it is!)