A taxing life; Yourview.NOW thatWhyte and McKay are joining Diageo in shedding jobs, why don't MPs put the money where their mouths are and reduce the tax on whisky in order to keep these jobs in Scotland? No chance. After all, they tax us on every other conceivable thing we do, except breath, sleep and pass wind. We pay tax when we eat, drink, smoke, drive, work (if we are lucky enough to have a job), and when we have a well-earned holiday from that job. If we work very hard for a bonus, the kind Government allows us to pay tax on that as well. Last year the EU were planning to addVAT to funerals, so even dying was not going to get us out of the tax bracket Tax Bracket The rate at which an individual is taxed due to a particular income level. Notes: Each income class is taxed at a different level. Generally, the more you make the more you are taxed. . So if the MPs fighting for these jobs are serious, let them give something back instead of taking all the time. Elizabeth Skene skene In ancient Greek theatre, a building behind the playing area that was originally a hut in which actors changed masks and costumes. It eventually became the scenic backdrop for the drama. First used c. , Leven, Fife For other places with the same name, see Leven (disambiguation). Coordinates: Leven is a seaside town in Fife, Scotland, on the coast of the Firth of Forth at the mouth of the River Leven. Its population in the 2001 census was just over 8,000. |
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