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Going to get a travel credit card i.e. one that doesn't charge anything when used overseas.
Need to say what my annual income is before tax. I have a salary sacrifice setup for childcare vouchers.
Do I include the full amount, or what I have after the salary sacrifice comes off???
My P60 seems to give my salary as the amount minus the salary sacrifice - although it isn't clear (because I get various bonuses and additional pay for working at sea).
Just do what the rest of the world does and take a guess + 10%.
what you have after the salary sacrifice comes off
Put your full salary down. That's your salary!
A CC company won't do an affordability assessment like a mortgage company would.
You wouldn't knock off your pension contributions from your salary for a CC application (a type of Salary sacrifice) so why do it with child care vouchers?
I did one the other day - just put my gross salary incl. bonus. Went through fine.
Agree that lending criteria must be lax though they did click I already have an unused card with them, so adjusted the credit limit accordingly.
In fact it's ridiculous: I have 10s of thousands of unused credit and, short of a mega emergency, I'll barely use any of it.
No wonder the world's going to hell in a consumer credit fuelled handbasket....