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29 May, 2012

Research from Bright Greys Financial Safety Net report also shows that housing and household bills take a further 82 days to pay off.

So, after their tax obligations, the average British full-time worker has to work solidly until late July to keep a roof over their heads each year.

Alarmingly 17 full days are needed to keep up with debts that average out at nearly 1,500, almost 50% more than is set aside for an annual savings pot (just over 1,000).

This is all worked out on the basis of the worker paying for everything up front rather than as a percentage of each months pay.

By highlighting all the other freedom days, the Financial Safety Net report reveals how long it takes to fund different aspects of our lives and lifestyles.

Rent/Mortgage Freedom Day 2012 will fall on Monday 23 July. From that day on, household bills such as water, gas and telephone will take a further half a month to pay off, and it will be mid-September before food shopping has been accounted for.

Roger Edwards, proposition director, Bright Grey, commented: There are such a range of costs that many families struggle to cover during the course of the year and its quite scary to think that we spend more on taxes than housing, bills, groceries, debts and transport put together.

Once taxes and housing costs have been paid, everything else follows in priority order. And of course, whilst many people can make ends meet by the end of the year, there are a significant number of individuals that do not have enough disposable income to cover their outgoings, and essentially need more than 365 days to be able to cope with their spending requirements.

Edwards continued: In Britain, there is a lack of financial planning and protection is part of this, even though the benefits of life, income protection and critical illness cover far outweigh the relatively small costs. Only 40 per cent of people currently have a protection freedom day, with the rest of the population not having any protection cover at all.

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Today is tax freedom day

May 29 2012

Employees start working for themselves rather than the Government on Tuesday - two days later than last year, according to low tax campaigners.

The Adam Smith Institute said Tuesday marks Tax Freedom Day - the point in the calendar when Britons stop working for the Treasury and begin to earn for themselves.

The institute's director, Dr Eamonn Butler, said: "Tax Freedom Day, which the Adam Smith Institute has been calculating for 25 years, is the plainest way to show what the tax burden really is.

"That is why the Treasury hates it. They of course want to conceal how much tax we pay, which is why they are so keen on stealth taxes."

The think tank adds levies including VAT, income tax, national insurance, council tax, excise duties, air passenger taxes, fuel and vehicle taxes in its calculations.

Dr Butler blamed the double-dip recession and increased VAT for pushing back the date by 48 hours compared with last year.

He added: "The stark truth is that this burden costs us all 149 days of hard labour every year.

"That's not how long a rich person has to work - it is the time the average person must labour for the tax collectors."

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UK & World News: 'Tax Freedom Day' 48 hours later

JEDDAH, 23 April All eligible Pakistani nationals living in Saudi Arabia can cast their vote either through postal ballot or polling stations set up by the Embassy of Pakistan, Riyadh and the Consulate General of Pakistan in Jeddah on April 30.

Announcing this in a press release, the consulate said that the embassy would establish three polling stations and the consulate four other stations.

The locations in Riyadh are the embassy premises at Diplomatic Quarters and Pakistan International School, Nasaryiah, and at Saudi Arabian International School (Pakistan Section) in Al-Khobar. The locations under the consulate are at Pakistan International School (PIS), Main branch, Aziziah, Jeddah; PIS, Taif; Pakistan House, Makkah; and Pakistan House, Madinah.

The polling will commence at 9:00 a.m. and continue till 7:00 p.m. on the day. The ballot paper will be issued to each voter on production of original national identity card (NIC) or valid passport.

In the mean time, the postal ballot, marking procedure and special envelopes are being issued to all those applicants, who have applied to the embassy or consulate on the prescribed form till April 22. These marked postal ballots and a copy of NIC, as per the procedure, should be returned to the embassy or consulate by April 29.

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Polling booths for expats

THIS weeks National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Bayer Imax Gold Futurity might be the richest cutting horse event in the southern hemisphere and when it starts in Tamworths AELEC tomorrow will attract competitors from all over the world.

For one of those overseas trainers John Mitchell, an Australian living abroad, its also the chance to come home and compete in the most prestigious cutting event in Australia.

After winning the 1997 NCHA Open, Mitchell and his family moved to the United States however it hasnt stopped him returning to Tamworth for the Futurity every year since.

I always look forward to the Futurity and the chance to come home again, Mitchell said.

The Futurity is the biggest cutting event in Australia and if you win, its the most prestige that you can gain.

Mitchell also spoke of the excitement surrounding the Futurity.

Its the first show for two to three-year-old horses and therefore anything can happen. Its unpredictable and exciting.

The standard of the Futurity is extremely high.

When you take the top 20 horses out of the hundreds that enter, the events become very competitive, Mitchell said.

He also stressed the importance of Tamworths Australian Equine and Livestock Events Centre.

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Futurity lures expats back home

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Facebook Real Estate Search: The Most Effective Online Resource Tool For Property Buyers