[openspending-dev] Welcome to the "openspending-dev" mailing list

Wed Aug 1 16:07:50 UTC 2012

Hi Nick,

Please could you help me re the below thread?

Thanks, 

Mark JaeckelDirectorwww.untitledcollective.net

> Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2012 10:29:34 +0200
> Subject: Re: [openspending-dev] Welcome to the "openspending-dev" mailing list
> From: friedrich.lindenberg at okfn.org
> To: jaeckel_m at hotmail.com
> CC: openspending-dev-request at lists.okfn.org; openspending-dev at lists.okfn.org; lucy.chambers at okfn.org; nick.stenning at okfn.org
> 
> Dear Mark,
> 
> Nick (CC) is our expert on this and most likely to give you the
> answers you need - maybe he can call you. If you're in for a little
> nerdery, however, you may want to have a look at the underlying data
> which may help to clarify things already:
> https://github.com/openspending/taxman/blob/master/tax/gb/data.coffee
> 
> Best,
> 
>  - Friedrich
> 
> On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 10:22 AM, Mark Jaeckel <jaeckel_m at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi okfn,
> >
> > I have been asking Lucy for help understanding the metrics that make up the
> > 'Daily Bread':
> > http://wheredoesmymoneygo.org/dailybread.html
> >
> > I need to speak to someone over the phone urgently. Can someone please call
> > me on 07734 699 059.
> >
> > Email chain pasted below.
> >
> > Looking forward to hearing from you ASAP.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >> From: lucy.chambers at okfn.org
> >> Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2012 12:13:15 +0530
> >> Subject: Re: Where does my money go website
> >> To: jaeckel_m at hotmail.com
> >> CC: nick.stenning at okfn.org
> >>
> >> Hi Mark,
> >>
> >> Moving the other addresses to bcc.
> >>
> >> Did you already drop a line to the development mailing list, I haven't
> >> seen anything come through? (You'll need to be registered at
> >> http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/openspending-dev to be able to
> >> post).
> >>
> >> I'm currently travelling in India with a very bad internet connection
> >> and will be until mid August, but I hope that you would get the
> >> information you require from the Dev list.
> >>
> >> Originally, the tax calculator was based on a 40% tax rate for
> >> everyone, but this has now got more sophisticated as it was a
> >> temporary fix while we migrated between two different back-end
> >> systems.
> >>
> >> Information on the calculator from a recent inquiry:
> >>
> >> The Daily Bread calculator should now give a much more realistic
> >> estimate of tax contributions. Note, however, that its calculations
> >> include not only standard income tax calculations, but also
> >> best-estimates for indirect taxes (VAT, fuel tax, alcohol tax, etc)
> >> based on your income and data from HMG's Office of National
> >> Statistics.
> >>
> >> These estimates are sadly a bit out of date (they're based on the
> >> 2009-2010 tax year) but the ONS has yet to release more recent data.
> >>
> >> Please note, if you have developers around, there is also a 'taxman'
> >> calculator which provides a JSON API to find out tax rates for
> >> countries around the world, and to perform the relevant calculations
> >> to work out what tax citizens pay (and have paid in the past).
> >>
> >> https://github.com/openspending/taxman
> >>
> >> Please let me know how you get on with the list and if you don't get
> >> an answer, drop me a line again,
> >>
> >> Lucy
> >
> >> > Hi Lucy & Okfn,
> >> >
> >> > Robert Geddis from the Citizenship Foundation was is contact with you re
> >> > this site and specifically this page:
> >> > http://wheredoesmymoneygo.org/dailybread.html
> >> >
> >> > He informed us he he spoke to you and that OKFN offered to pass us the
> >> > calculations (data) so we could use it for:
> >> > http://www.payingforit.org.uk/ (I work on this site for him and I'm the
> >> > Director of the untitled collective)
> >> >
> >> > Is there anyone who can confirm how the equations for this application
> >> > work?
> >> > Maybe a technical director or developer?
> >> >
> >> > I'm wondering if the slider takes into account different tax brackets?
> >> >
> >> > Any of assistance ASAP would be much appreciated. 07734 699 059.
> >> >
> >> > Many thanks,
> >> >
> >> > Mark Jaeckel
> >> > Director
> >> > www.untitledcollective.net
> >
> >> Subject: Welcome to the "openspending-dev" mailing list
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> >> To: jaeckel_m at hotmail.com
> >> Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2012 09:16:31 +0100
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