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Originally Posted by Mancie
where do you get your facts from ?.. you can't get tax credits unless you supply details of your income (P60 etc) .. the only way to be paid less than the minimum wage would to be un-registred for tax.. so how could you be "topped up" with tax credits?
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Easy, the tax credits office ask 2 very important questions, do you work over 30 hours and how much is your annual salary. The answer to part 1 will be yes and the annual salary is in the region of 10.5k. Therefore the tax office assume you are earning minimum wage. The fact that you are working 50 or 60 hours for that 10.5k is irrelevant to the tax credit claim, and if you value your job as an immigrant then you will take all the 'advice' an employer offers when it comes to claiming tax credits.
Another method used is to pay minimum wage then charge extortionate board & lodgings deducted directly from wages. The employers can't do this to the native population because we know better. Therefore the preferred person for the job is somebody who moved over here.