Thread: Budget 2021
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Old 27-10-2021, 21:32   #5
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Re: Budget 2021

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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
I’ve no idea what they factor into the calculation but if it relies on the average wage then how furlough has been taken into account and if the lower paid bore the brunt of redundancies in the pandemic then that could drive the average up.
The figures are comparing from Feb 2020, so excluding furlough. "In real terms" means above(or in addition to) inflation.

Seems like they come up with the figures using a survey based upon PAYE data. If a disproportionate number of surviving jobs were the higher paid ones, then that might skew the figures.

An "online sales tax" should include all methods of remote buying eg phone, grocery deliveries. There's nothing exactly new about remote buying, so why all the fuss?
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