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[Bouba]

Sounds like a tax efficient job!

Except they are traveling in Sovereign territory....

 

[SimonX]

Except they are traveling in Sovereign territory....

And are Crown employees

 

[Bouba]

And are Crown employees

And no one knows if the sub ever leaves the Solent

 

[SimonX]

And no one knows if the sub ever leaves the Solent

Well, that one is in Gareloch as are all the Vanguards and Astutes

 

[Bouba]

Well, that one is in Gareloch as are all the Vanguards and Astutes

Well, obviously they will leave Scotland.....they have the highest tax

 

[SimonX]

Well, obviously they will leave Scotland.....they have the highest tax

Permanent protection from higher tax for military personnel in Scotland

 

[Bouba]

Permanent protection from higher tax for military personnel in Scotland

So, subs have their own tax code...interesting

 

[Blueboatman]

So, subs have their own tax code...interesting

Merchant seamenand those working on moving dive ships have different tax status .
But they are limited to how many days they can reside within the uk per year when not working
I think .
More here.

Seafarers Earnings Deduction | Seafarers Tax Explained
EDIT : To insert ‘Merchant’ seamen to distinguish from those serving within the Royal Navy

 

[dgadee]

Well, obviously they will leave Scotland.....they have the highest tax

Just been in the Highlands for a few weeks. Jeez, you go into a shop and be guaranteed it's an English member of staff. Barely a (lovely) Highland accent to be heard.

In Edinburgh, Stockbridge (aka "Little England") has scarcely a local.

They seem to view the higher tax as worth paying to escape from the south, perhaps?

 

[Bouba]

Just been in the Highlands for a few weeks. Jeez, you go into a shop and be guaranteed it's an English member of staff. Barely a (lovely) Highland accent to be heard.

In Edinburgh, Stockbridge (aka "Little England") has scarcely a local.

They seem to view the higher tax as worth paying to escape from the south, perhaps?

True story.....I was very young, and we were listening to an officer of a Highland regiment being interviewed on tv....and I said, he doesn’t sound Scottish ....and mother replied, that’s because he’s educated

 

[dgadee]

A lot of small Highland estates could not afford to support all the sons. They were educated (often in the south) to enter church or army. They would never have aspired to the lilting accent of the locals.

If you have been to Scara Brae and visited the museum, it is in the laird's house. Typical of what I mean - son off to the army and not a very large building.

 

[dgadee]

Ps. I met an old school friend about four years after he left to be a Vulcan bomber navigator. It was a bog standard comprehensive and he was a country boy from a very modest background. His accent and bearing had been transformed in that time.

 

[Bouba]

Ps. I met an old school friend about four years after he left to be a Vulcan bomber navigator. It was a bog standard comprehensive and he was a country boy from a very modest background. His accent and bearing had been transformed in that time.

Can you imagine if your navigator had a really strong Glaswegian accent....and you were trying to understand his directions....to drop a nuclear bomb

 

[SimonX]

So, subs have their own tax code...interesting

Even though I’ve been out of the forces for more than 30 years I still get relevant communications from the government

 

[dgadee]

Can you imagine if your navigator had a really strong Glaswegian accent....and you were trying to understand his directions....to drop a nuclear bomb

Oddly, he told me that in his interview he was asked if he would drop one. He said that everyone else said yes, while he said no. He was recruited.

 

[SimonX]

Just been in the Highlands for a few weeks. Jeez, you go into a shop and be guaranteed it's an English member of staff. Barely a (lovely) Highland accent to be heard.

In Edinburgh, Stockbridge (aka "Little England") has scarcely a local.

They seem to view the higher tax as worth paying to escape from the south, perhaps?

I found the same in Pembrokeshire- hardly any Welsh accents

Btw: Your name - are you from a small town on the Ards peninsula?

 

[dgadee]

I found the same in Pembrokeshire- hardly any Welsh accents

Btw: Your name - are you from a small town on the Ards peninsula?

Lived there for decades. House overlooking the harbour and Copelands. Retired back to Scottieland.

 

[Davy_S]

We were staying near Carrick castle loch Goil on a fishing trip, one of the locals had been working in London for a few years, the locals were taking the piss out of his accent, he spoke with a Scottish geezer accent

 

[SimonX]

Lived there for decades. House overlooking the harbour and Copelands. Retired back to Scottieland.

I’m originally from Lisburn but we holidayed at Millisle a few times as kids and often went into Donaghadee for fish and chips near the harbour

 

[dgadee]

I’m originally from Lisburn but we holidayed at Millisle a few times as kids and often went into Donaghadee for fish and chips near the harbour

And did you get ice cream from The Cabin? The best ice cream in Europe.