WORK YOUR PROPER HOURS DAY (UK)
Categories: Career, Finance & Banking & United Kingdom & Ireland
Location: United Kingdom
Type of Event: Daily Event
Updated: May 06, 2024
Location: United Kingdom
Type of Event: Daily Event
Updated: May 06, 2024
About Work Your Proper Hours Day in the UK
Work Your Proper Hours Day is the day people in the United Kingdom stop working to pay taxes and start earning their own money. The same day in the United States doesn’t happen until, well it depends on the state you live in. March 29 in Louisiana or as late as May 6 in New York. The average is April 17.
American taxes are much higher than those in the United Kingdom, even though in the UK they have Universal Health Care and far better social services. They also have a full military, but have drastically scaled back their empire.
By contrast the average American has to work 1.5 months longer than the average Brit, just to pay Uncle Sam, State and local taxes. That doesn’t even take into account vacation days required to be paid by the government. In the UK, employees are required to receive 28 paid vacation days a year. In the United States, 0. For those who have the paid vacation in the US, the average days taken is 13. Most part-time people do not get paid vacation. To see when your state’s Tax Freedom day is: http://taxfoundation.org/search/node/Tax%20Freedom%20Day%202014
What’s the verdict. United Kingdom, you are lucky. Not only do you get more vacation time and better social benefits, but you have to work 2-2.5 months less each year to support your government and your society then us Yanks on the other side of the pond. How did that happen?
American taxes are much higher than those in the United Kingdom, even though in the UK they have Universal Health Care and far better social services. They also have a full military, but have drastically scaled back their empire.
By contrast the average American has to work 1.5 months longer than the average Brit, just to pay Uncle Sam, State and local taxes. That doesn’t even take into account vacation days required to be paid by the government. In the UK, employees are required to receive 28 paid vacation days a year. In the United States, 0. For those who have the paid vacation in the US, the average days taken is 13. Most part-time people do not get paid vacation. To see when your state’s Tax Freedom day is: http://taxfoundation.org/search/node/Tax%20Freedom%20Day%202014
What’s the verdict. United Kingdom, you are lucky. Not only do you get more vacation time and better social benefits, but you have to work 2-2.5 months less each year to support your government and your society then us Yanks on the other side of the pond. How did that happen?
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