USC Charge - What should it really be called

Cuttlefish · 01-10-2013 07:09PM #1

Every time I look at my pay slip and the amount of money taken for the USC charge it sickens me.

Universal Social Charge - Is this the right name for this?

What would you call it?

lkionm · 01-10-2013 07:10PM

U Suck Cock

shopaholic01 · 01-10-2013 07:11PM

Bailout repayment fund.

Ghost Buster · 01-10-2013 07:11PM

Cuttlefish wrote: »

Every time I look at my pay slip and the amount of money taken for the USC charge it sickens me.

Universal Social Charge - Is this the right name for this?

What would you call it?

The 'Our citizens are walking ATMs' fund.

zl1whqvjs75cdy · 01-10-2013 07:11PM

Banditry.

darkpagandeath · 01-10-2013 07:11PM

Not used to pay the councils as advertised tax

Captain Chaos · 01-10-2013 07:11PM

Recession tax.

DrumSteve · 01-10-2013 07:11PM

The u stupid ***** charge.

snubbleste · 01-10-2013 07:13PM

De political party fund

Cuttlefish · 01-10-2013 07:13PM

In all seriousness I think the Government should state exactly what the charge is

As mentioned above

Bailout Tax
Nama Money

Whatever the right phrase should.

Lawrence1895 · 01-10-2013 07:14PM

Robbery

super_furry · 01-10-2013 07:16PM

The Fianna Fail Fund.

Celly Smunt · 01-10-2013 07:36PM

The income tax that's not an income tax but really is an income tax tax.

ArtyC · 01-10-2013 07:40PM

The why bother work tax, every time I see it I feel like packing it all in. I've cracked teeth, no money for dentist, I pay my small loan, my bills, my rent and sit in planning to a t my shopping budget. All on 44hrs work at minimum wage.... I pay €100 tax every week... I hate what this USC does to me. That extra fifty euro a week could pay driving lessons, savings maybe or feck it a new dress... Would make life so much better

gobnaitolunacy · 01-10-2013 07:40PM

They could have called it anything; seahorse tax, gooseberry jam tax, old timey bike with the big front wheel tax...it all gets pissed away in the end.

Wacker The Attacker · 01-10-2013 07:42PM

The "universal suck off the man charge"

wp_rathead · 01-10-2013 07:45PM

the "sure we all partied" tax

The J Stands for Jay · 01-10-2013 07:46PM

The "look, we kept our promise not to increase tax rates tax"

Zebra3 · 01-10-2013 07:49PM

Bailout of private businesses by the people tax.

Labour TDs will soon be calling it the Itmadeusunemployed tax.

Fratton Fred · 01-10-2013 07:50PM

The "won't someone think of all the retired fianna fail TDs living on huge pensions" tax.

wes · 01-10-2013 08:24PM

Paying for someone else mistakes tax!

hansfrei · 01-10-2013 08:32PM

Pay your taxes in cash. Wipe your arse with every note before you hand it over.

Son Of A Vidic · 01-10-2013 08:44PM

shopaholic01 wrote: »

Bailout repayment fund.

Wait, there's something missing there....

shopaholic01 wrote: »

The bailout the German and French banks fund.

Sh1tbag OToole · 01-10-2013 08:55PM

Where have all the defenders of the status quo gone?

If I were a Fine Gael spin doctor now I would be hiring in paid shills from India now because the local boys are clearly slacking. Not one lad saying how great the USC is or at least going on about the unfortunate reality that we now have about 200bn we need to pay off and that there is no escaping from it.

Caonima · 01-10-2013 10:50PM

DrumSteve wrote: »

The u stupid ***** charge.

I'll have a C, please Bob. And a U, and an N, and both a T and an S.

wmpdd3 · 01-10-2013 10:55PM

Its the bank tax....even outsourced payroll staff outside Ireland call it the bank tax.

Mint Sauce · 01-10-2013 11:06PM

In answer to the OPs question, we have this tax with the fancy title, that goes in the same big pot with every other tax, but we want to appear to be doing something, and earning our money, out of guess what, your earnings, but we thought USC would be easier.

ArtyC wrote: »

The why bother work tax, every time I see it I feel like packing it all in. I've cracked teeth, no money for dentist, I pay my small loan, my bills, my rent and sit in planning to a t my shopping budget. All on 44hrs work at minimum wage.... I pay €100 tax every week... I hate what this USC does to me. That extra fifty euro a week could pay driving lessons, savings maybe or feck it a new dress... Would make life so much better

100 a week tax on minimum wage? Thats over a 1/4 of your wages.

:eek:

Is this your first job, less than year in current job, on emergency tax?

I'd be checking your getting all the tax credits your entitled to. I average 42hrs a week, €10 an hour (slightly over minimum wage), and my deductions between tax, USC, and PRSI only come to around €80 a week

Richard Hillman · 01-10-2013 11:13PM

Socialism

Sh1tbag OToole · 01-10-2013 11:16PM

Mint Sauce wrote: »

In answer to the OPs question, we have this tax with the fancy title, that goes in the same big pot with every other tax, but we want to appear to be doing something, and earning our money, out of guess what, your earnings, but we thought USC would be easier.

100 a week tax on minimum wage? Thats over a 1/4 of your wages.

:eek:

Is this your first job, less than year in current job, on emergency tax?

I'd be checking your getting all the tax credits your entitled to. I average 42hrs a week, €10 an hour (slightly over minimum wage), and my deductions between tax, USC, and PRSI only come to around €80 a week

Bargain! You'd almost be happy to see it go.

Geuze · 01-10-2013 11:26PM

Note that the USC is just a tax, it replaces two previous levies:

the Health levy
the Income levy

So most people (not all) do not pay any more due to the USC, they pay more or less the same as they previously paid in the two levies.

Most people think that it is a new tax.

It is, in some sense, as the name is new, but it simply replaced two previous levies.

Some people pay less in USC than the two previous levies.

Zebra3 · 01-10-2013 11:31PM

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Socialism

For the rich.

USC Charge - What should it really be called

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