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Ever sat at your desk on a wet miserable Monday morning, wondering why you drag yourself to work each day?

Well wonder no more!

Salary Timer will tell you exactly how much you've earned in a day, accurate to the second! And what's more, with the exclusive built-in "Poo Timer" you can find out just how much those trips to the bog are earning you in hard cash. It'll even calculate your tax for you.

Here's a summary of the features:

• Real-time salary timer.
• Multiple break timers (customizable).
• Tax breakdown screen (see screenshots page for example).
• Historic Tax Comparison tool.
• Multiple currencies (Sterling, Dollar, Euro).
• Raise Calculator.
• Runs in full mode, or new discreet "Mini-Mode".

Enjoy!

v 3.10

(28-May-2010)

• Updated for 2010-11 tax year.
• Had to disable the Tax Brackets window (this will be re-enabled in the next version).

v 3.9

(18-Jun-2009)

• Updated for 2009-10 tax year.

v 3.8

(13-Jun-2008)

• Updated for 2008-09 tax year.

v 3.7

(18-Jul-2007)

• Updated for 2007-08 tax year.

v 3.6

(03-May-2006)

• Updated for 2006-07 tax year.

v 3.5.1

(25-Jun-2005)

• Fixed a bug with hourly rate input, which I'd inadvertently introduced in version 3.5, while fixing a bug from version 3.4. Doh!

v 3.5

(24-Apr-2005)

• Updated for 2005-06 tax year.
• Minor bug fix.

v 3.4

(03-May-2004)

• Updated for 2004-05 tax year.
• Several minor bug fixes.

v 3.3

(04-Jan-2004)

• Introduced new graphical Tax Brackets feature.
• Added menu options for changing salary and working hours while program is running.
• Removed contact email from About Box.
• Minor bug fixes and code tidy up.

v 3.2

(19-Apr-2003)

• Updated income tax brackets for 2003-04 financial year.
• Updated National Insurance calculations for 2003-04 financial year.
• Introduced new discreet "Mini-Mode".
• Added "Historic Tax Comparison" tool.
• Changed "Work's Over" message to random message.
• Minor bug fix in National Insurance calculation algorithm.

v 3.1

(03-Mar-2003)

• Minor bug fix in progress bar functionality.

v 3.0

(12-Feb-2003)

• Added multi-currency functionality - now Dollar and Euro currencies are supported.
• Added "Raise Calculator" feature (for both annual and hourly salaries).
• Added customizable Break-Timer.
• Numerous user interface changes.
• Program now remembers its last position on the desktop.
• Saved settings are now encrypted.
• Fixed bug in "Delete Current Settings" procedure.

v 2.2

(31-Oct-2002)

• Added functionality to include unpaid lunch breaks.
• Added ability to save settings to registry (HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MrCeri\SalaryTimer).
• Removed buttons from main dialog, and replaced with drop-down menu.
• Application no longer quits automatically when end of working day is reached, or if started before start of working day.
• Fixed minor bug in tax calculation engine (bug only affected earners in lowest tax bracket, who shouldn't even be browsing the web anyway).

v 2.1

(13-May-2002)

• Created new dialog for inputting times. Now times can be accurate to the minute, not just the hour. Also, start and finish times are inputted, rather than the previous "start hour", and "hours worked".
• Created new dialog for inputting pay. Can now enter pay as either annual salary or hourly wage.
• Created a "Break Timers" dialog - instead of just previous poo timer, there's now "tea timer", "smoke timer", and "other". They all have their own individual timers, plus a total.
• Created Breakdown dialog box - shows break earnings projected to year/month/week.
• Updated tax codes for new tax year.
• Added "PooMan" pic to about box.
• Added new logo for main GUI.
• Changed email contact details.

v 1.2.2

(26-Feb-2002)

• Changed email contact details.

v 1.2.1

(18-Feb-2002)

• Changed email contact details.

v 1.2

(11-Feb-2002)

• First release build.

Just click on any of the questions below to read the answers.

Will Salary Timer install anything on my PC, or add/change registry settings?

Only if you choose "Save Current Settings" from the File menu. This will save the current hours and salary to the registry. You can remove these settings again by selecting "Delete Current Settings" from the File menu.

Does Salary Timer store any information about me (e.g. my salary)?

Only if you choose "Save Current Settings" from the File menu. This will save the current hours and salary to the registry. You can remove these settings again by selecting "Delete Current Settings" from the File menu.

How do I remove/un-install Salary Timer?

Salary Timer never gets installed as such on your PC. To remove it, simply delete the SalaryTimer.exe file. However, if you're previously saved your settings to the registry by selecting "Save Current Settings" from the File menu you may wish to select "Delete Current Settings" from the File menu first.

Will Salary Timer work on my Apple Mac computer?

No, I'm afraid the current version only works on Microsoft Windows (98/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista).

The "Raise Calculator", "Tax Breakdown" and "Historic Tax Comparison" features are grayed out!

I'm afraid that at present these features are only implemented for Pound Sterling. There are no tax features for Dollar or Euro.

The Euro symbol is not being displayed properly.

If you are using an older version of Windows, e.g. Windows NT, you may need to install a special Euro patch from Microsoft to display the Euro symbol on your PC.

When I flick between Sterling and Dollar the "Amount Earned" changes. What conversion rate is used?

There's no currency conversion taking place - when you use Sterling most of the amounts you see are after tax has been deducted. When using Dollar or Euro there are no tax adjusters, so all amounts you see are before tax (hence higher than Sterling amounts).

My hourly/daily rate seems to be wrong - how is it calculated?

The values on the Tax Brackets screen don't seem to match the Inland Revenue's income tax brackets - what's going on?

How much does the Salary Timer cost?

Salary Timer is totally free.

To download the Salary Timer, right-click on the link below, and save the zip file to your computer (PC only I'm afraid, it won't work on Mac/Linux).

Unzip the contents, and double-click on the file "SalaryTimer v 3.10". That's it!

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