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Old 21-07-2017, 13:05   #46
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Re: BBC salaries - good value for our money?

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Some of the female salaries do seem low in comparison. I.E Laura Kuenssberg is paid less than some other BBC political journalists despite being the political editor who roams around all the BBC's shows and platforms.
but perhaps that can be justified as she has a very one sided viewpoint
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Old 21-07-2017, 13:07   #47
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Corporation tax most of them I reckon as they'll be putting it through limited companies. I may be wrong but it'll probably less than you're paying...
Limited companies pay salaries and dividends, and dividends are taxed at 28%, IIRC.

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so when will the beeb go cap in hand for a rise in tv licence fee's ??
They won't.

The 2016 White Paper means that it will rise in line with inflation for the next 5 years.
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Old 21-07-2017, 13:12   #48
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Limited companies pay salaries and dividends, and dividends are taxed at 28%, IIRC.

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They won't.

The 2016 White Paper means that it will rise in line with inflation for the next 5 years.
so if there's no extra money we can probably expect many to jump ship
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Limited companies pay salaries and dividends, and dividends are taxed at 28%, IIRC.

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They won't.

The 2016 White Paper means that it will rise in line with inflation for the next 5 years.
It was 28%. The current rate of Corporation Tax in the UK is now 19% and that's payable on profits which of course can be reduced by claiming all sorts of expenses which the average PAYE employee can't. The more employees earn the more tax they pay when compared to their company director equivalents. The very reason so many individuals decide to set up limited companies is to reduce their tax liabilities.

Given the reduction in CT, my rusty maths indicates that those greedy BBC stars who're operating via limited companies are already going to benefit from what amounts to an approx. 30% reduction in the tax they pay. Nice.

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but perhaps that can be justified as she has a very one sided viewpoint
That does not suit your narrow agenda....
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Re: BBC salaries - good value for our money?

This "the-poor-women-get-paid-less-than-men" lark is a BBC diversionary tactic. The real issue is that all these people, and a load more nameless flunkies, are overpaid from public funds to which we are all required to compulsorily contribute. I resent it. These so-called stars are a bunch of preening, self-obsessed money grabbers who don't know what a real day's work is. And then there's the BIG names hiding their BIGGER pay packets delivered on the sly. Tax dodging gets.

I'd be happier if the compulsory £147 was divided up differently; say £47 for the beeb and £50 for the NHS and £50 for more police. Quick, someone explain it to Diane...
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so if there's no extra money we can probably expect many to jump ship
Don't worry as you will be paying for them as well.
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Re: BBC salaries - good value for our money?

As I've mentioned earlier, I don't have an issue with it. But somebody gave me a point of view I was sympathetic to.

Unemployed People on benefits, families that are really struggling, public sector workers living with the 1% cap ....you get the idea.

By law, they have to pay the tv licence regardless. The proceeds of which pay for these salaries.

Now looking at it from this point of view, I think there is a point. The point being that the licence fee is now too outdated for today's world. TV has changed beyond recognition and the BBC needs to change.
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That does not suit your narrow agenda....
That doesn't offer a balanced opinion.
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That doesn't offer a balanced opinion.
No not to some sadly.
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Re: BBC salaries - good value for our money?

now i know their on ITV but i was just wondering how much The Thunderbirds get paid
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Re: BBC salaries - good value for our money?

Why all the gender pay gap uproar.what about same gender pay gap?.why does huw Edwards get far more than his other male newscasters?.surely all males and females should be on the same pay scale.thats gender equality.
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Why all the gender pay gap uproar.what about same gender pay gap?.why does huw Edwards get far more than his other male newscasters?.surely all males and females should be on the same pay scale.thats gender equality.
pay parity and gender equality are two different things , i guess the higher paid are classed as the stars of the show and the rest just window dressing .
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so when will the beeb go cap in hand for a rise in tv licence fee's ??
If they scrapped the licence fee and introduced subscriptions, a lot of these problems would resolve themselves!
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Give him some slack chaps he was from an ordinary working class background the boy has done good for himself. Just wondering what is the tax band these BBC rich folk are having to pay.
But before he made it, his wife stuck by him. Once he'd made it he became an adulterer and dumped his wife for a younger model.

He's not the clean living family man he purports to be and deserves all he gets IMO.

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Limited companies pay salaries and dividends, and dividends are taxed at 28%, IIRC.
What we do is pay ourselves a token salary and take the test in dividends. I presume that the accountant has structured it like this because, if the taxable rate is higher, there are no NI contributions to pay.

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