Rob Winters

I’ve just discovered another stealth tax. Ok this one does not directly go to the government but instead goes directly to the person who does the laundry in your household. Your wife/husband/boyfriend/girlfriend/android is pocketing a percentage of your lose change from dirty washing that you have thoughtfully hung on the floor 2 feet away from the laundry basket.

I caught my girlfriend making a DWT deduction this morning, she calls it the Sarah washing fund, I call it another reason I can’t afford a G5 Power Mac or diamonds for the soles of my shoes.

How much are YOU getting taxed? How long has this been going on? Are there any tax breaks if we manage to put our laundry in the basket. (Yeah.. who is going to do that!)

Quote from the girlfriend in question.
I wont hold onto notes, that’s like an unwritten rule, but up to about £2 worth of change is the current rate*.

So apparently I can pay up to £2 per load in Dirty Washing Tax. I’m not sure what tax bracket that puts me in but it seems like a pretty reasonable one, I get a good service, my clothes always magically appear on hangers in my wardrobe smelling like fresh daises and 8 times out of ten remain the same size and colour as the day I bought them.

*This rate may change without warning or reason. Your side of the bed maybe at risk if you do not keep up payments.

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