Conor...you obviously go to the wrong Supermarkets. You can get a perfectly good bottle of wine for any where from $6-$15....mind you , the next morning you wont think its QUITE so good :-)
Jeremy -----Original Message----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 09:30:06 +1200 Subject: RE: [DUG-Offtopic] IT in NZ > You get a tax free personal allowance of between 4000 & 7000 or > thereabouts, depending on your age and marital status, etc. > > After that the tax bands are approx: > 10% on first 2000 > 22% on next 30000 > 40% on everything else. > > All figures in UKP. > > Cost of living in UK is very expensive. I took around a 25% pay cut in > dollar terms moving to NZ 2.5 years ago, and probably still have > slightly more to spend on a monthly basis. A pint of beer will cost > you > upwards of $10. A reasonable bottle of wine from the supermarket will > be upwards of $40. > > They're talking currently about an average 20% rise in house prices in > the UK this year. It takes an average of 4 years just to save for the > deposit on a house, and the average house is now around 7 times the > average income, which makes it very difficult for first time buyers > since mortgage lenders work on lending around 3.5 times your salary. > > Apparently London is now the most expensive place in the world to get > divorced too in terms of divorce settlements... ;-) > > Cheers, > > C. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Leigh Wanstead [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Dear Derek, > > Thanks for the detail information. > > I once thought that living in New Zealand was dear. It seems UK get > worse. > 8 ) > > By the way, what is the rate of income tax in UK? > > > _______________________________________________ > Offtopic mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic _______________________________________________ Offtopic mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic
