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Re:VPN use surges in UK as new online safety rules kick in by sefrost on Monday July 28, 2025 @12:31PM (#44712450)
Yes exactly at 100k you lose free childcare. It’s not a taper you lose the whole thing.

Here’s an explanation of the figures:

https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/money/article/high-i...

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Re:VPN use surges in UK as new online safety rules kick in by jdietrich on Monday July 28, 2025 @01:59PM (#44713474)
Also at £100k you start to lose your tax-free personal allowance. The commitment of successive governments to avoid raising taxes on "ordinary working people" has created a bizarrely inconsistent tax regime for above-average earners, where people earning £65k could end up paying a much higher marginal rate than people earning £165k.

https://taxpolicy.org.uk/2024/10/17/reform-income-tax-end-th...

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Re:VPN use surges in UK as new online safety rules kick in by alias_neo on Monday July 28, 2025 @01:24PM (#44713095)
Yes, once you go from 99,999 to 100,000 you lose 2000 per pre-school aged child you have and have to file your own tax returns for the privilege despite being PAYE.
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Re:VPN use surges in UK as new online safety rules kick in by ace32229 on Tuesday July 29, 2025 @10:28AM (#44723842)
The latter is no longer true
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Re:VPN use surges in UK as new online safety rules kick in by Eisenstein on Monday July 28, 2025 @03:12PM (#44714335)
How many preschool age children do you have?
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