The AH Budget discussion thread.

The axe is about to fall heavily on the people of Ireland.I wasn't even alive the last time such a severe budget was projected.
Lenihan supposedly due to start in next ten mins.

Karoma

Deleted User wrote: »

I wasn't even alive the last time such a severe budget was projected.

Good times.

javaboy

Oh I'm all excited. It's just like Christmas! ......in reverse

Darragh29

According to David Davin-Power yesterday, we are in for a serious shock here today.

Quazzie

javaboy wrote: »

Oh I'm all excited. It's just like Christmas! ......in reverse

isn't that Easter??

the drifter

bring it on i aint scared of no ghost!!!
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Turd Ferguson

Without knowing precisely what the danger is, would you say it's time for us to crack each other's heads open and feast on the goo inside?

Quazzie2002

Quazzie2002 wrote: »

isn't that Easter??

No,at Easter,the government don't rape you ,the church do.

Darragh29

10% pay cut for ministers just announced. Must be something seriously ****ty around the corner here...

skyhighflyer

10 percent pay cut for Ministers and SGs, 1 percent income tax for high earners.

jebuz

javaboy wrote: »

Oh I'm all excited. It's just like Christmas! ......in reverse

Quazzie2002 wrote: »

isn't that Easter??

Duh it's Samtsirhc

javaboy

Quazzie2002 wrote: »

isn't that Easter??

Actually Good Friday but nice try.

Sleepy

I tried, I honestly tried but 5 minutes of that pompous, smug git telling us all how great a job the government are doing whilst preciding over what we all know is going to be a tough budget was more than I could take...

skyhighflyer

Oh yeah, can be watched live here: http://www.irishtimes.com/indepth/budget2009/videoaudio/

Bijoux

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

Without knowing precisely what the danger is, would you say it's time for us to crack each other's heads open and feast on the goo inside?

Yes Kent, I would.

kraggy

Higher rate of tax increased by 1% in the guise of an "Income Levy", up to 100,000 and 2% over that.

skyhighflyer

Dole up to 204.30

Interesting to hear wht is going to happen fags.I heard a rumour that they won't be increasing much this year but it will be a huge increase next year.

Automatic medical card for the over 70's gone.

Darragh29

Deleted User wrote: »

Interesting to hear wht is going to happen fags.I heard a rumour that they won't be increasing much this year but it will be a huge increase next year.

They'll be losing their medical cards....

Child benefits to end at 17 from 2010 on.

mickos

skyhighflyer wrote: »

10 percent pay cut for Ministers and SGs, 1 percent income tax for high earners.

I took it as 1% tax levy for all workers. Am I right? Hope not!:(

Darragh29

skyhighflyer wrote: »

Dole up to 204.30

Excellent, incentivise arse-scratching.

skyhighflyer

Darragh29 wrote: »

Excellent, incentivise arse-scratching.

Thought the same. Also, none of the proposed cuts re child benefit, etc will affect those on the Dole. Sign on now lads :rolleyes:

I missed the student fees part.Are they brought back in?

thelordofcheese

skyhighflyer wrote: »

Dole up to 204.30

wait for it, waaait for it....

Darragh29 wrote: »

Excellent, incentivise arse-scratching.

Thanks Darragh, i knew you wouldn't let me down.

javaboy

Darragh29 wrote: »

Excellent, incentivise arse-scratching.

What do you expect of a populist party like Fianna Fail? They're just pandering to what will soon be the biggest demographic in the country.

Savman

News isn't going down too well in some quarters.

Cookie_Monster

kraggy wrote: »

Higher rate of tax increased by 1% in the guise of an "Income Levy", up to 100,000 and 2% over that.

The Paye credits are not valid for this either

jmcwobbles

He's doing a lot of this "the Minister for xx will provide more details on this.." etc they're not happy, tell us now dammit

skyhighflyer

early retirement for HSE admin and management

Savman

Savman wrote: »

News isn't going down too well in some quarters.

I thought the knackers would be delighted that they would be getting more money for doing nothing!(apart from dealing!;))

Savman

Harney going on a diet, saving the coffers €22.5bn annually.

Ginny

mickos wrote: »

I took it as 1% tax levy for all workers. Am I right? Hope not!:(

So did I, raising to 2% from €100,000 onwards.

ongarite

Lenihan sticks it to the Pulic Sector Unions. Re-allocation of staff depending on need & reduction of dead wood.
About time....

Dragan

skyhighflyer wrote: »

Dole up to 204.30

LoL, i have a job, so i get taxed more.

If i didn't have a job i would get more free money.

What a ****ing joke.

Savman

Deleted User wrote: »

I thought the knackers would be delighted that they would be getting more money for doing nothing!(apart from dealing!;))

They? You mean "we"?

Darragh29

Originally Posted by Savman View Post
News isn't going down too well in some quarters.
Excellent!

ongarite wrote: »

Lenihan sticks it to the Pulic Sector Unions. Re-allocation of staff depending on need & reduction of dead wood.
About time....

Saying it is one thing...!

ongarite

Decentralisation quietly put on the back burner forever..

kraggy

Why the fcuk doesn't someone have the balls to whack up tax rates for the uber rich. It's not as if there's so many of them that it would affect the chances of the party who introduced them to get re-elected.

And why the fcuk are they putting up the dole? It's time to sort this ****hole out once and for all. Limited time on dole, then you starve or get a job.

Cookie_Monster

Dragan wrote: »

LoL, i have a job, so i get taxed more.

If i didn't have a job i would get more free money.

What a ****ing joke.

+1

dade

Deleted User wrote: »

I missed the student fees part.Are they brought back in?

if i heard right he said the minister is looking into it.

also said they are looking at voluntary redundancies in the HSE for middle managers and admin staff.

also he said they would look at all government Dept's to see can they do the same.

Caoimhín

Asylum seeker's children to be used as chimney sweeps.


I made that up.

toiletduck

Get to the drink!

Savman

Savman wrote: »

They? You mean "we"?

I wasn't "fighting for the ra" at the love ulster parade.

Savman

"Luas extended to the Point"
Pfft. It's called The O2 now, eejit.

skyhighflyer

Metro North conspicuous by its absence in Capital Expenditure

thelordofcheese

Dragan wrote: »

LoL, i have a job, so i get taxed more.

If i didn't have a job i would get more free money.

What a ****ing joke.

RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE!

Savman

HARUMPH!:pac:

Caoimhín

Over 80 year olds to be rounded up and gassed.

Bye Gran.




I made that up too.

dade

mickos wrote: »

I took it as 1% tax levy for all workers. Am I right? Hope not!:(

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from Breaking news

Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan may opt this afternoon for an income levy in his hairshirt Budget instead of upping the 41% top tax rate, according to a leading economic expert.

Speculation is that 1% will be levied on all incomes — regardless of what rates a person pays — the lower tax rate of 20% or the higher 41%.

A 1% ‘temporary’ levy would raise money quickly for the cash-strapped Exchequer rather than going down the road of raising the standard or higher rate of tax.

There would also be a 2% levy introduced for those on big salaries.

“An increase in levies would bring in twice as much as the tax rates,” said Fergal O’Rourke, a tax Partner, PricewaterhouseCooper.

No Minister for Finance has increased the two tax rates in the last 25 years.

“A levy makes more sense,” said Mr O’Rourke.

It was pointed out that Mr Lenihan is still in the dark as to what will be the total tax take from the self employed as these returns, many of them filed online with the Revenue Commissioner, will not become available until later this month or early November.

If these company tax returns were a disaster, it could raise the prospect of mini-Budget in the new year, as happened in the 1980s with more post-Budget cuts a possibility.
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didn't hear what was said about it myself.