Budget day discussion thread. Your budget chat goes here.(Rules and links first post)

Kimono-Girl

kaiser chiefs predicted it years ago!

optogirl

DetectivFoxtrot wrote: »

does anyone know what I can expect to pay in extra tax on 51K (gross) p.a. salary? I am absolutely dreading this cut. Husband made redundant in March and not entitled to dole or any other type of support due to my salary, which is fair enough, but we are now skint, mortgage switched to interest only, I really can't take another cut or levy.....

Christ - I'm on 24k, husband in college, not receiving any support from the State. Fooked.

RockinRolla

AT LAST! VIVA la revolution!!

jester77

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Apparently there are smoke bombs and everything going off

Government creating a smokescreen?! Just maybe there is some sh!t going down today and they need to escape undetected alive!

Butterflylove

DetectivFoxtrot wrote: »

does anyone know what I can expect to pay in extra tax on 51K (gross) p.a. salary? I am absolutely dreading this cut. Husband made redundant in March and not entitled to dole or any other type of support due to my salary, which is fair enough, but we are now skint, mortgage switched to interest only, I really can't take another cut or levy.....

Higher Tax band is been lower from 45.5k is down to 41k (Married one Income) while some tax reliefs are also gone completely and others cut aswell it depends on what tax band you were getting at the moment

so depending on the fact that its a one income household and not taking into reliefs etc you might be paying an extra 1300 a year just a rough guess tho!!

Yakult

grab yuur pitchsporks!!

PeterIanStaker

R_H_C_P wrote: »

grab yuur pitchsporks!!

Bonus points for impaling a Green party TD!

Mint Sauce

Bit of a warzone in the Dail at the mo. Question time is on, they are really going for each other in there.

Orando Broom

The Government: climbing in ya windows snatchin ya monies up!

red menace

From RTE

1519 In the last few minutes, a flare was lit outside the Dáil by a group of Sinn Féin protestors objecting to the Government's Budget plan.
At the same time, another group of protestors were beating pots and pans in front of the gates of Leinster House.

Wolfe Tone

Proper fcuking order

Professey Chin

Shenanigans?
I better go get my broom!

That_Guy

Ceann Comhairle looks like he's dying for a piss.

abouttobebanned

Brian Lenihan had a huge fecking rock in his front garden and it's still there now. He just couldn't budget.

Apologies. Carry on.

thebigbiffo

none of the live feeds on the first page working. any alternatives?

Brenireland

Butterflylove wrote: »

People who are working are losing out on at least €50 a month so no I dont think its enough of a reduction, clearly not enough to get more people out looking for jobs

Sorry but Id have to laugh at that statement,their are 400,000 people currently on the dole!

Now you can accuse them of not looking for work,but many including myself spend most of their time sending out c.v's etc.. looking for jobs but not getting a response.

Now we could go to FAS but look at their website for vacancies & see for yourself how hard it is to find work!,Our GOVERNMENT set up a new Back To Work Initiative which results in the unemployed person working full time & get payed their dole/Minus Travel/food expenses which see's the reintroduction of slavery and sees many been taken advantage for cheap work like working for farmers!

This basically means that any full time/Part time vacancies that were their are now GONE!.,so what you just said is utter rubbish.

jd007

Oh no! they're "beating pots and pans". They really mean business!

DetectivFoxtrot

Butterflylove wrote: »

Higher Tax band is been lower from 45.5k is down to 41k (Married one Income) while some tax reliefs are also gone completely and others cut aswell it depends on what tax band you were getting at the moment

so depending on the fact that its a one income household and not taking into reliefs etc you might be paying an extra 1300 a year just a rough guess tho!!

:eek:

thanks a million for that.

scarymoon1

thats laughable - pots and pans!

Galway K9

kfallon wrote: »

**** the BBC, it's none of their business, let them keep their noses out

It is their business cause RTE will just give a censored, biased view where BBC havent help back any info yet, providing us with the truth and facts.

Ruu_Old

Another few pints for the lads before the budget at 3:45.

Duggy747

Extremely basic dole maths ahead :pac::

1. €9 cut off the dole = €187
   
2. €187 x 4 weeks = €748
   
3. €748 - €230 (Rent) = €518
   
4. €518 / 4 weeks = €129

€129 a week for me to spend on whatever (save a bit for ESB and UPC internet bill).............meh, I've lived off worse and it's hardly going to leave me as a malnourished skeleton.

I'm just thinking to myself how I'll hear the dole scroungers on Facebook give their misinformed "economic" & "political" opinions with their "OMG, how am I going to survive!?! :eek:"

Brenireland wrote:

Now we could go to FAS but look at their website for vacancies & see for yourself how hard it is to find work!,Our GOVERNMENT set up a new Back To Work Initiative which results in the unemployed person working full time & get payed their dole/Minus Travel/food expenses which see's the reintroduction of slavery and sees many been taken advantage for cheap work like working for farmers!

I'll agree with the quantity of jobs drying up on the FÁS site but I'm on the WPP scheme myself. Work 9 to 5 and I just get my dole but, to be honest, I'm loving this job as I'm an IT Techie and I need to keep myself busy and up to date...............and for the 2nd week in a row I'm the Network Administrator :pac:

scarymoon1

duggy - if ur on the dole why are u not entitled to rent allowance?

PeterIanStaker

thebigbiffo wrote: »

none of the live feeds on the first page working. any alternatives?

Jeremy Kyle is on 3e. Another place to watch a shower of lying scumbags pathetically trying to justify their existence.

fliball123

its on the rte website

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/1207/live_budget_updates.html

Brenireland

Duggy747 wrote: »

Extremely basic dole maths ahead :pac::

1. €9 cut off the dole = €187
   
2. €187 x 4 weeks = €748
   
3. €748 - €230 (Rent) = €518
   
4. €518 / 4 weeks = €129

€129 a week for me to spend on whatever (save a bit for ESB and UPC internet bill).............meh, I've lived off worse and it's hardly going to leave me as a malnourished skeleton.

I'm just thinking to myself how I'll hear the dole scroungers on Facebook give their misinformed "economic" & "political" opinions with their "OMG, how am I going to survive!?! :eek:"

agree 100% things such as internet bills can even be cut to help pay for food/fuel etc..!,good to hear your own work experience is going well!,I of course would take up a place on this back to work scheme if their was experience available in soemthing that would benefit my own work preference!

Yakult

I hope these "politicians" will be taking a big cut to their nice big fat saleries and expenses. And also the number of politicians cuts massively. We dont need one for ever 5 people ffs.

Rubik.

DetectivFoxtrot wrote: »

does anyone know what I can expect to pay in extra tax on 51K (gross) p.a. salary? I am absolutely dreading this cut. Husband made redundant in March and not entitled to dole or any other type of support due to my salary, which is fair enough, but we are now skint, mortgage switched to interest only, I really can't take another cut or levy.....

Newstalk/PriceWaterhouseCooper are supposed to have a tax calculator up here once the budget has been delivered....

http://www.newstalk.ie/2010/news/budget-calculator/

deisedevil

Duggy747 wrote: »

Extremely basic dole maths ahead :pac::

1. €9 cut off the dole = €187
   
2. €187 x 4 weeks = €748
   
3. €748 - €230 (Rent) = €518
   
4. €518 / 4 weeks = €129

€129 a week for me to spend on whatever (save a bit for ESB and UPC internet bill).............meh, I've lived off worse and it's hardly going to leave me as a malnourished skeleton.

I'm just thinking to myself how I'll hear the dole scroungers on Facebook give their misinformed "economic" & "political" opinions with their "OMG, how am I going to survive!?! :eek:"



I'll agree with the quantity of jobs drying up on the FÁS site but I'm on the WPP scheme myself. Work 9 to 5 and I just get my dole but, to be honest, I'm loving this job as I'm an IT Techie and I need to keep myself busy and up to date...............and for the 2nd week in a row I'm the Network Administrator :pac:

I wish some of my own friends living on the dole with years could realise this.

Duggy747

scarymoon1 wrote: »

duggy - if ur on the dole why are u not entitled to rent allowance?

I pay €57.5 a week on rent, the rent allowance has a minimum limit that I must be paying something along the lines of €65 a week.

So, no dice!