tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post6968355239971130257..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: How to Earn £139,000 a MonthIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-48497899671649005492007-11-02T17:01:00.000+00:002007-11-02T17:01:00.000+00:00I am not talking about this payslip, you no-readin...I am not talking about this payslip, you no-reading-comprehension-having twit. The clue is that I referred to a generic "Darren Foopbawla" earning a conjectural £50,000 a week. <BR/><BR/>Which many do. Except it's £50,000 nett. What part of that don't you understand you gormless foopbaw-gawping pygmy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-71841591037979142692007-11-01T20:16:00.000+00:002007-11-01T20:16:00.000+00:00What a hypocritical load of nonsense! I would hav...What a hypocritical load of nonsense! I would have thought that Iain would support the free market - yet here he is objecting to the (admittedly huge) amount paid to the man, as dictated by the market.<BR/><BR/>What next Iain - will you be objecting to fat-cat salaries paid to city bosses? When will you be posting one of their wage slips?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-91546404601136011572007-11-01T14:45:00.000+00:002007-11-01T14:45:00.000+00:00Anonymous ex tax accountant :to save you scrolling...Anonymous ex tax accountant :<BR/>to save you scrolling up, this is the correct analysis of the payslip. <BR/><BR/>Good luck with the job search - perhaps try something that doesn't involve the brain too much?<BR/><BR/><BR/>It's per month - the total taxable by week 24 is £765527, making an average gross weekly of around £32k - about right for an international, but not a top star) playing in the Premier league.<BR/><BR/>Atlas - the money comes more from the pocket of Murdoch than the tickets.<BR/><BR/>October 31, 2007 1:49 PMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-51056717648210989232007-11-01T14:42:00.000+00:002007-11-01T14:42:00.000+00:00Anonymous :Whaich part of this suggests you realis...Anonymous :<BR/>Whaich part of this suggests you realise the payslip was a monthly one? <BR/><BR/>"I can tell you that all these figures you hear in the media of so-and-so getting £50,000 a week understate the matter. What he gets is £50,000 nett. His gross pay is thus much higher."<BR/><BR/>Redundancy was clearly justified!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-40075682779493665522007-11-01T14:16:00.000+00:002007-11-01T14:16:00.000+00:00anonymous at 12.26I suggest you re-read my post pr...anonymous at 12.26<BR/><BR/>I suggest you re-read my post properly since you clearly did not understand it. <BR/><BR/>Foopbaw has dumbed you down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-82680507337994039052007-11-01T14:02:00.000+00:002007-11-01T14:02:00.000+00:00Anonymous - again , it's a monthly pay-slip.Anonymous - again , it's a monthly pay-slip.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-78020035431488460542007-11-01T13:42:00.000+00:002007-11-01T13:42:00.000+00:00Not bad money, still at least he earns it unlike m...Not bad money, still at least he earns it unlike most of the MP's in the house.Fidothedoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13588552210424845667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-22997627727027275322007-11-01T12:30:00.000+00:002007-11-01T12:30:00.000+00:00I must say that i am quite surprised by some of th...I must say that i am quite surprised by some of the comments left in this column, whom openly think that this amount of money as a weekly payslip is ok! let alone not even for doing a job that is worthwile. <BR/><BR/>Ok football plays an important role in society in terms of entertainment and economy. <BR/><BR/>And yes, it is the people's choice to pay the hugely inflated prices to watch games and merchandise. But these people are in many ways forced to do this due to marking pressures and peer pressure.<BR/><BR/>However, I honestly think that is a ridiculous amount of money to be paid for this job. When there are people within the uk, that work just as hard, or perhaps harder and would not even earn that amount of money within one year, or possibly two,three, four, five....<BR/> <BR/>Even if the football industry creates a huge revenue - couldn't the money be used elsewhere and invest somewhat in the society that pays for it. Rather than giving so much to football players, who will probably waste at least 50% of it on partying and shopping.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-47591471993459348182007-11-01T12:26:00.000+00:002007-11-01T12:26:00.000+00:00Anonymous "used to work" - there's a clue!you clea...Anonymous <BR/>"used to work" - there's a clue!<BR/><BR/>you clearly cannot read a payslip.<BR/><BR/>1.49pm yesterday had it correct.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-62207735465350398462007-11-01T10:56:00.000+00:002007-11-01T10:56:00.000+00:00I used to work in the personal tax department of o...I used to work in the personal tax department of one of the big 4 accountancy firms. Tax clients included foopbaw players. I can tell you that all these figures you hear in the media of so-and-so getting £50,000 a week understate the matter. What he gets is £50,000 <I>nett</I>. His gross pay is thus much higher. <BR/><BR/>This is because football players are retarded morons. If you tell Ee-yain Dale he's on £50,000 a year, then he'll expect about £30,000 in his pay packet. If you tell Darren Foopbawla he's on £50,000 a week, then he'll expect £50,000 in his pay packet, because he's too excruciatingly thick to grasp the concept of PAYE. <BR/><BR/>Foopbaw really is rip-off Britain writ large. All those lagered yobs paying top dollar to watch crap teams lose don't know the half of it. The players are paid about 60% more than the gullible mugs who pay for it all realise. <BR/><BR/>This has come about because Sky paid too much for the right to screen foopbaw. All the money fell straight through the sport and into the pockets of greedy players, just like Broon's tax splurge on the NHS has all fallen straight through the industry and into the pockets of greedy doctors. To recoup its overpayment Sky's solution was to market the shiftless scum on the pitch as gods, so the shiftless scum in the stands would happily pay £50 to watch a talentless bunch of drunken coke-snorting clap-ridden whoremongering millionaires diving and missing penalties and queening it off the pitch in a sulk.<BR/><BR/>You stupid people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-88244850251253472452007-10-31T22:31:00.000+00:002007-10-31T22:31:00.000+00:00It is now on the BBC website. The player is John ...It is now on the BBC website. The player is John Arne Riise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-26007115502132857102007-10-31T21:15:00.000+00:002007-10-31T21:15:00.000+00:00i dont understand why people get so upset about fo...i dont understand why people get so upset about footballets pay how much do top actors earn per film? or city traders or FI drivers or singers . if anyone naffs me off its the WAGS but if you sell mags you get lots of money. that's entertainmentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-39648073983849596762007-10-31T19:06:00.000+00:002007-10-31T19:06:00.000+00:00Anon at 11.17 said: "In any other business, anyone...Anon at 11.17 said: "In any other business, anyone earning over about £100k per YEAR does not get paid a salary (which attracts tax at 40%), but instead arranges things in a more tax-efficient manner, so that they pay far less tax."<BR/><BR/>This is complete rubbish. Large nos of people in my company (including me) earn well over 100K and we pay income tax like anyone else. Employees who are UK domiciled, working in the UK, do; and any business not accounting for PAYE on that basis is operating illegally and its directors should be in prison with Mr Bright. This applies too of course to profits on share options, Long Term Incentive Plans etc.<BR/><BR/>To suggest otherwise is contributing to the envy mythology that rich people don't pay their share. If they are employees they certainly do.<BR/><BR/>Now, the fact that our Capital Gains Tax is now going to go up if we happen to hold shares in the company we work for, mostly because some slimey private equity or hedge fund people found some loophole to reclassify income as capital is our hard cheese; but it doesn't mean that most types of business are able to abuse the system with impunity like those boys. <BR/><BR/>An interesting point of course is how many of these footballers are non-doms and, if so, whether they manage to get some portion of their wages paid abroad (for European cups played abroad for instance). I have insufficient interest in football to have found out whose wage slip this is, but maybe it's only part of what he's paid...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-50419829660088646252007-10-31T15:20:00.000+00:002007-10-31T15:20:00.000+00:00What the heck business of ours is this?What the heck business of ours is this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-27815225636738550942007-10-31T13:55:00.000+00:002007-10-31T13:55:00.000+00:00I suspect this is one of the 1.5m immigrant worker...I suspect this is one of the 1.5m immigrant workers!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-55675688176391919872007-10-31T13:49:00.000+00:002007-10-31T13:49:00.000+00:00It's per month - the total taxable by week 24 is £...It's per month - the total taxable by week 24 is £765527, making an average gross weekly of around £32k - about right for an international, but not a top star) playing in the Premier league.<BR/><BR/>Atlas - the money comes more from the pocket of Murdoch than the tickets.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-5282789854053626212007-10-31T13:34:00.000+00:002007-10-31T13:34:00.000+00:00i note he doesn't have any outstanding student loa...i note he doesn't have any outstanding student loansAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-68598536769385054582007-10-31T12:20:00.000+00:002007-10-31T12:20:00.000+00:00I doubt Villa will pay him that come January.I doubt Villa will pay him that come January.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-2577545171933005302007-10-31T12:09:00.000+00:002007-10-31T12:09:00.000+00:00danvers says "why is it such a big deal to see the...danvers says "why is it such a big deal to see the payslip?"<BR/><BR/>It is an invasion of someones privacy. If iain wants to complain about a loss of civil liberties - then he shouldn't be publishing this payslip. It's hypocritical.<BR/><BR/>If Iain is a Conservative with 'Conservative values' (btw I am not a Tory) then why is he victimising an athlete for earning money? <BR/><BR/>For all we know this athlete might do lots of work for charity - or he might spend all his money on himself. Either way - it's none of our business.<BR/><BR/>You can't slate the government for ID cards if you go and publish tacky stuff like this payslip.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-50582646076599539032007-10-31T11:10:00.000+00:002007-10-31T11:10:00.000+00:00When details of players' salaries are regularly pu...When details of players' salaries are regularly published in the newspapers (and presumably in the annual reports of football clubs) why is it such a big deal to see the payslip? This is all information which could be deduced from running the public numbers through an online net salary calculator.<BR/><BR/>What annoys me is that this person pays NICs at a rate of 1.3% which is about a quarter of what I pay, and although I earn a decent amount - it is considerably less!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-26526416991325325922007-10-31T10:19:00.000+00:002007-10-31T10:19:00.000+00:00anonymous [7.59 AM] You say there are more than 20...anonymous [7.59 AM] You say there are more than 200,000 people in Britain who do not need to work for a living as they live off investments, etc.<BR/><BR/>A small number indeed compared with those who do not need to work because they, and their parents, and their grandparents, have always lived off 'benefits' and have not the slightest interest in any other lifestyle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-10141242526635891542007-10-31T09:48:00.000+00:002007-10-31T09:48:00.000+00:00Tomorrow's shock news:Dog bites manThe Sun is in t...Tomorrow's shock news:<BR/><BR/>Dog bites man<BR/>The Sun is in the sky<BR/><BR/>Obviously this pay is ridiculous Iain as is many a celeb, popstar, model, presenter, uber capitalist ... but what do you propose should be done about it?<BR/><BR/>Presumably West Ham pay the average non-graduate salary to all their playing staff? And under parity rules as seen at local Law Centres etc the exact same rate to cleaners, stewards etcChris Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15679067503215414300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-55119013987647348412007-10-31T08:41:00.000+00:002007-10-31T08:41:00.000+00:00Dear atlas shrugged: You and I are on the same wav...Dear atlas shrugged: You and I are on the same wavelength. <BR/><BR/>How nice, in the country of the mad, to meet at least one other sane person.<BR/><BR/>Actually, we are not alone. I seem to remember reading that, even today, more people go to church than football matches.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-12032114108645341252007-10-31T07:59:00.000+00:002007-10-31T07:59:00.000+00:00I'm puzzled why a tory should be posting this obvi...I'm puzzled why a tory should be posting this obvious envy-fodder - is there something about your politics we don't know Iain? Or are you just a bit of a victim of jealousy yourself? Surely by normal Conservative lights, the market has dictated this chap be worth that much and therefore good luck to him.<BR/><BR/>At least he "works" for a living. Just consider that there are more than 200,000 people in Britain who do not need to work for a living as they live off investments, etc. These are the real people the "Conservationists" er Conservatives are all about. There is a class element to this - an uppity working class man has made it into the big earnings league. This simply doesn't sit well with the party of the not-so-distant landed gentry and city investment folk.<BR/><BR/>"The Informer"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-92144813564828346612007-10-31T01:02:00.000+00:002007-10-31T01:02:00.000+00:00Anon 11;17They cant because they are traditional e...Anon 11;17<BR/><BR/>They cant because they are traditional employees. Thanks to the combined efforts of the Marxist inspired Footballers Association, EU law and our greedy government.<BR/><BR/>It would be interesting to work out how much of the ticket price effectively goes directly to the inland revenue.<BR/><BR/>Not that a tribally brain dead, fanatically obsessed, overtly mind controlled football freak, would care. <BR/><BR/>As long as his team wins for someone else, what he will never own, never see, never touch, never profit from, and lose pathetically next year, cheap, silver plated, completely useless, fucking cup.<BR/><BR/>Even if he had to sell his grandmother and the all the kids off for medical experiments to pay for the ticket.<BR/><BR/>When you purchase a ticket for a cricket match a large majority of the money gos to the club to promote cricket. Not so some footballers slag can go shopping till the credit card melts.<BR/><BR/>GODS I really do hate football almost as much as Iain is in love with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com