How Many Ways Do You Think Your Money Has Been Sneakily Taken From You? - Page 2

derekgas · 08-10-2008, 19:24

Business owners have all of that, and things like.. A licence to carry waste/rubbish from a customers house to the skip in our yard, an extra charge for emptying the bin, a licence to allow playing the radio in the office, and a different licence to play the radio in the showroom next to the office, now, as we have 2 offices, we have to have 2 licences, (one for each premises) even though it is the same staff listening to the radio, but dependent on which office they are in on the day! The really bugging bit is, we have a licence for a tv in one office, but still have to have the other licence for the radio!

Benipete · 08-10-2008, 19:42

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Originally Posted by derekgas

Business owners have all of that, and things like.. A licence to carry waste/rubbish from a customers house to the skip in our yard, an extra charge for emptying the bin, a licence to allow playing the radio in the office, and a different licence to play the radio in the showroom next to the office, now, as we have 2 offices, we have to have 2 licences, (one for each premises) even though it is the same staff listening to the radio, but dependent on which office they are in on the day! The really bugging bit is, we have a licence for a tv in one office, but still have to have the other licence for the radio!

Bet you were glad when Jimmy Young retired along with "What's The Recipe Today Jim" Just need to elbow the Quizmaster with Ken Bruce and you could be quids in.

mothernature · 08-10-2008, 19:59

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Originally Posted by Benipete

Bet you were glad when Jimmy Young retired along with "What's The Recipe Today Jim" Just need to elbow the Quizmaster with Ken Bruce and you could be quids in.

Now why you picking on good old Ken

mothernature · 08-10-2008, 20:08

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Originally Posted by Benipete

Font of all knowledge

Ridiculous

I know absolutely nothing and won't admit to anything

Benipete · 08-10-2008, 20:15

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Originally Posted by mothernature

Now why you picking on good old Ken

He wakes me up every morning and I was a better drummer than him.

Neil · 08-10-2008, 22:53

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Originally Posted by emzy

Says above

I did not ask what working tax credit was, I asked what FIS was. I can read and read it all

Benipete · 08-10-2008, 23:17

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Originally Posted by Neil

I did not ask what working tax credit was, I asked what FIS was. I can read and read it all

Family income support - I think

MargaretR · 08-10-2008, 23:26

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Originally Posted by Benipete

Family income support - I think

Family income supplement

Benipete · 09-10-2008, 00:02

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Family income supplement

Near enough

Neil · 09-10-2008, 07:39

Thanks for that

WillowTheWhisp · 09-10-2008, 07:49

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Originally Posted by Less

I think it's Family income supplement, but I can't remember nor from a quick google can I see it being something existing for some time, hasn't it been replaced by tax credits, perhaps someone should copy and paste something more up to date?

I think it was used to emphasise the point that when what one claimed was FIS then one got lots of other additional benefit from doing so, but now one claims something which replaced FIS one does not get all the addional benefits which accompanied FIS.

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Originally Posted by polly

Blackburn Council have found a whole new way of robbing me and every otherCouncil Tax payer of money: they have introduced free off street parkning on some streets and are going to expand this scheem on Saturdays in the run up to Xmas. this means that non council tax payers from outside the borough are going to be able to park for free and of course the estimated 50,000 pounds that the council will l9oose in revenue will have to be covered from elsewhere,, Guess who will foot the bill? Yes, those who live inside the borough and do not own cars and those who do own cars and do not shop in Blackbure (that is me)
Remember Robin Hood? He used to rob the rich to pay the poor, BwDC rob the poor and pay the rich!

Been free parking in Accy for donkeys years Polly and quite a stink has been kicked up on and off when suggestions have been put forward to introduce charges. The main objection has always been that it will stop people coming into Accrington to shop and therefore affect local shops and businesses.

jaysay · 09-10-2008, 08:56

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Quite true jaysay...the Tories did sell us up the river by signing up to the Maastricht Treaty back in 1992 !

And I wonder what Tony and Gordon have been doing for the last ten years, they were reelected in 2005 with the promise of a referendum on the European Constitution then said sod of we're signing the treaty in Madrid without asking you lot.

sarah · 09-10-2008, 13:29

The tv license I think is quite a sneaky way of getting more money from us, but without us paying all these taxes, look at what we would probably have to pay for that we don't currently, for example everything that the NHS covers. If we don't pay one thing, then they get us on another.

Studio25 · 09-10-2008, 14:05

I just worked out that I'm paying £380 a year for six toilet flushes and the water in 16 cups of tea per week. No wonder they've told me they "aren't able" to fit a water meter...

Might be time to start bringing my own water from home...

Knowing my luck, the performing rights society will come round and charge me for the music I can hear when the bloke in the flat over our shop has his TV on too loud...

jaysay · 09-10-2008, 16:03

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Originally Posted by Studio25

I just worked out that I'm paying £380 a year for six toilet flushes and the water in 16 cups of tea per week. No wonder they've told me they "aren't able" to fit a water meter...

Might be time to start bringing my own water from home...

Knowing my luck, the performing rights society will come round and charge me for the music I can hear when the bloke in the flat over our shop has his TV on too loud...

Quite right too, can't have you enjoying yourself at work can we