Road TAX - shafted once again !

[Unknownsoldier]

Also Angie, is 450 quid a year going to bother someone who's paid 90K for a Range Rover???? I think not.

Tom

[angie4m]

Originally Posted by Unknownsoldier

Also Angie, is 450 quid a year going to bother someone who's paid 90K for a Range Rover???? I think not.

Tom

See this is the issue.....people seem to think that is big 4x4's that are going to be hit. Are you aware that the RX8 which starts at what about 21k is in that band? Iy would be insteresting to see how many people own more than a basic Range Rover which doesn't cost £90k and how many of the ones on the road have been bought new by the current driver as they can be dirt cheap to buy second hand!

Someone I work with has a basic Mazda 6 due to the fact he has a young family and has just discovered that as of next year he's going to have to fork out an extra £100 more than this year! There will be lots of families who have 4/5 door saloons that will be hit hardest. Some people can't afford to go out and buy a new car just to cut the VED rate and thats what shocking!

Also it seems that the old C class merc automatically falls into the second highest bracket of £415, so if you have a C200 saloon then your going to be charged almost as much as someone with say a 3.6 V6 Range Rover, but then if you have a Range Rover registed before 1 March 2001 then you don't fall into any of these brackets. Again is this fair? Are the polluting less than others? I think not!

[gray52]

its all a smoke screen to fleece more money from the tax payer by increasing motoring costs. most drivers dont know how to convert litres into gallons, so £1.14 a litre works out at about £5.17 per gallon. if this amount was displayed at the forecourt would people then realise what they are paying? i think they would and be shocked. alow amount always looks better.

[angie4m]

Yeah it is grey. Goverment need to get an additional 4 billion this year and car owners etc are paying for it. The AA have estimated that higher VED Bands will effect 9 out of 10 car owners. Not sure where their figures come from but that's a lot of people.

[gray52]

It Doesent Pay To Better Your Self Or Your Life Style. It Goes In Tax And Your Back To Square 1. If Your Are Lucky To Save Some Money Then 20% Of What It Makes You Goes In Tax Also.

If People Think The Times Are Hard Now, Give 12months And Things Will Be Alot Worse.

[harleyfatboy]

What we have here is the british mentality of going with the flow ...petrol prices ,congestion charge, community charge, standing outside to have a cigarette, the english just do as there told... people moan about the french but if they do not like something the government try to implement they get of there backsides and do something about it. ie... vote with there feet..ON A STEEL HORSE I RIDE

[NEEMSTAR]

Originally Posted by harleyfatboy

What we have here is the british mentality of going with the flow ...petrol prices ,congestion charge, community charge, standing outside to have a cigarette, the english just do as there told... people moan about the french but if they do not like something the government try to implement they get of there backsides and do something about it. ie... vote with there feet..ON A STEEL HORSE I RIDE

well said, completely agree with you , start a revolution harley?

[harleyfatboy]

Neemstar thats two of us man ...Welcome aboard...ON A STEEL HORSE I RIDE

[angie4m]

Originally Posted by harleyfatboy

What we have here is the british mentality of going with the flow ...petrol prices ,congestion charge, community charge, standing outside to have a cigarette, the english just do as there told... people moan about the french but if they do not like something the government try to implement they get of there backsides and do something about it. ie... vote with there feet..ON A STEEL HORSE I RIDE

Good thing i'm not English then. I have a vote which I use but I cannot help it if others vote differently to me and elect the crap we have in office at the moment. Its people like my Sister who says I voted Labour cause they were going to win anyway. WTF??? How does she think the country will change if we all take this approach? Then she has the cheek to moan about pertol and ved prices.

Soon enough Scotland will be independent and it'll be fun to see what taxes they want to charge. They are already scrapping the Council tax and replaing it with a local income tax based on your wages. This will be fun!

[alanwalne]

Originally Posted by angie4m

Soon enough Scotland will be independent and it'll be fun to see what taxes they want to charge. They are already scrapping the Council tax and replaing it with a local income tax based on your wages. This will be fun!

Angie, with North Sea oil running out, can Scotland really be self sufficient without prohibitively high taxes?

[angie4m]

Originally Posted by alanwalne

Angie, with North Sea oil running out, can Scotland really be self sufficient without prohibitively high taxes?

We're going to get shafted with the Local income tax, but the good thing is that goes to the scottish goverment...not the rest of the UK.

[eldiablo]

Just though I'd put up the Irish VRT (Vehicle Registration Tax) rate to give you all a laugh:
The band C141-155g/km currently stands at €290 = £228.949.

That's for the 1.8. However, that's only if you buy your car from 1st July 08 when the new system was tied to emissions. If, like me, you own an 06 car, you pay the old tax rate which is €453 = £357 or next year it will be €530 = £418. And that's after paying the sterling equivalent of £21,316 for a 1.8ES.

And Labour isn't in power over here.

[MC Hammer]

All missing the point. the new taxes apply to cars registered after 2001 which are much greener.
So why don't we all drive old bangers and pollute the country whilst paying less tax?
Shame the Civic wasn't out 6 years earlier

[Unknownsoldier]

Originally Posted by angie4m

We're going to get shafted with the Local income tax, but the good thing is that goes to the scottish goverment...not the rest of the UK.

Yeah then england pays for everybody else, close the borders and seperate the states (then we can declare war on Wales and Scotland and Ireland and win easily as you lot'll have no armies Then we get you back to paying for everyone just like we have to.).

Tom

[NEEMSTAR]

Originally Posted by MC Hammer

the new taxes apply to cars registered after 2001 which are much greener.

which shows how much of a scam it is