Did anyone else hear guy on Jeremey vine. Going on about NHS and how workers should get priority treatment. Over non workers
They had a guy said he’s a truck driver saying he is all for it. He explained I’m on zero hours contract on agency as a driver if don’t work don’t get paid.
So I deserve priority treatment to get back to work.
Fair enough
He then said I pay 40% tax every week towards the country NHS.
I thought really.
Not sure if any hgv drivers on agency earn enough to pay 40%tax plus you only pay 20% for starters untill you reach the limit
So your not paying 40% each week anyway
it all depends. if its done properly and he earns over 50k a year he will pay 40% tax from week 1 to week 52 that way you know where you are and dont get his with a pay cut after x number of weeks.
lets say he earns 1k a week for easy numbers ignoring pension and ni.
first £241.73 is tax free
between 241.74 and 962.88 he pays 20% tax (£144.23)
over 962.88 he pays 40% tax (£37.12)
this means he has a weekly income of £818.65 each week every week.
doing it like some agencies do that only benefits them and can leave the employee in the sticky stuff with hmrc means his weekly take home varies
for example…
first 12 weeks he gets 1000 a week
13th week he gets 914 a week
14th week untill he hits the next threshold he will get 800 a week
etc etc
what this means is that you can earn less than 241 and pay tax on it at either 20 or 40%.
Nope.
We all deserve timely treatment…Not just some people.
Admittedly after years of under investment, and years of wait lists increasing, that is not possible at the moment.
Oh, and some zero hours contracts are a tool to avoid employers responsibilities, and they too should be done with.
Nothing wrong with some workers wanting agency work, to keep flexible of course, but those contracts designed to keep workers always available but never paid for it, with the tax-payer making up for the employer wage avoidance, need stopping.
If he lives in Scotland there is even more chance he does pay the 40% (actually 42%) as the threshold is £43663.