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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Growler on 22 July 2008, 22:52:35
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Pinched from another forum >:( >:(
I thought it was to good to be true.
Announced in the House today in response to a question, also leak reported on only Page 17 of todays Daily Mail.
From April 2009 all pre 2001 cars not caught by the Road fund licence re-banding
will be liable to a Double Inflation increase each year plus a Special Additional "Green Levy" Tax
making minimum Tax Disc £200.00 it was announced today where as it should have been £180.00
This increase will affect an additional 5.6 Million Drivers,
on top of the all ready announced increases to 9.4 million motorists paying more.
The government says taking into account the rate of inflation and Freezing of Road Fund Licences in previous years,
no one will be paying more in real terms than in 1997. Yea Right.
The scrapping of Classic Car Tax and implementation of road Fund Use Licences for caravans are also under review with a committee looking into it.
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Pinched from another forum >:( >:(
I thought it was to good to be true.
Announced in the House today in response to a question, also leak reported on only Page 17 of todays Daily Mail.
From April 2009 all pre 2001 cars not caught by the Road fund licence re-banding
will be liable to a Double Inflation increase each year plus a Special Additional "Green Levy" Tax
making minimum Tax Disc £200.00 it was announced today where as it should have been £180.00
This increase will affect an additional 5.6 Million Drivers,
on top of the all ready announced increases to 9.4 million motorists paying more.
The government says taking into account the rate of inflation and Freezing of Road Fund Licences in previous years,
no one will be paying more in real terms than in 1997. Yea Right.
The scrapping of Classic Car Tax and implementation of road Fund Use Licences for caravans are also under review with a committee looking into it.
I can see the smile on TB's face from here. ;D ;D ;D
And then trailer's, this has been talked about for years and will never happen, they won't get it through before the next election. Classic car tax, mostly tory voters so I doubt any change.
If, what you say is right then there will be hell to pay, I still do not believe that the general public realise what is happening with RFL as it is.
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They really know how to guarantee losing the next election! >:(
Kevin
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Pinched from another forum >:( >:(
I thought it was to good to be true.
Announced in the House today in response to a question, also leak reported on only Page 17 of todays Daily Mail.
From April 2009 all pre 2001 cars not caught by the Road fund licence re-banding
will be liable to a Double Inflation increase each year plus a Special Additional "Green Levy" Tax
making minimum Tax Disc £200.00 it was announced today where as it should have been £180.00
This increase will affect an additional 5.6 Million Drivers,
on top of the all ready announced increases to 9.4 million motorists paying more.
The government says taking into account the rate of inflation and Freezing of Road Fund Licences in previous years,
no one will be paying more in real terms than in 1997. Yea Right.
The scrapping of Classic Car Tax and implementation of road Fund Use Licences for caravans are also under review with a committee looking into it.
Bugga, they would make a killing taxing the vans. :-/
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The article in question from the daily mail.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1036858/Road-tax-rises-leave-5-6million-drivers-paying-more.html
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15 million drivers not voting new lie-bore next time then :y
i read something today that they are also planning to double ved on motorcycles over the next few years. >:( >:(
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15 million drivers not voting new lie-bore next time then :y
i read something today that they are also planning to double ved on motorcycles over the next few years. >:( >:(
How can they justify this, bikes do not cause congestion, and are reasonably economical compared to cars. They certainly could not suggest is it is a green tax.
Mike
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Isnt everyone getting just a little fed up getting ripped off left right and centre by this crappy government .... and its not just cars either ... when will the tax for just breathing come in ??? >:(
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Isnt everyone getting just a little fed up getting ripped off left right and centre by this crappy government .... and its not just cars either ... when will the tax for just breathing come in ??? >:(
Shhhhhh dont give em ideas!
You breath out carbon dioxide, surely they must have a way of you offsetting that!
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Isnt everyone getting just a little fed up getting ripped off left right and centre by this crappy government .... and its not just cars either ... when will the tax for just breathing come in ??? >:(
Shhhhhh dont give em ideas!
You breath out carbon dioxide, surely they must have a way of you offsetting that!
Mmmm sorry , i never thought about that ;D
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Isnt everyone getting just a little fed up getting ripped off left right and centre by this crappy government .... and its not just cars either ... when will the tax for just breathing come in ??? >:(
Shhhhhh dont give em ideas!
You breath out carbon dioxide, surely they must have a way of you offsetting that!
Mmmm sorry , i never thought about that ;D
Methane is also a 'Greenhouse Gas' so don't Fart in case it too is taxed!!
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Isnt everyone getting just a little fed up getting ripped off left right and centre by this crappy government .... and its not just cars either ... when will the tax for just breathing come in ??? >:(
Shhhhhh dont give em ideas!
You breath out carbon dioxide, surely they must have a way of you offsetting that!
Mmmm sorry , i never thought about that ;D
Methane is also a 'Greenhouse Gas' so don't Fart in case it too is taxed!!
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Ill be bankrupt in no time
Now if only I could run the car off my arse :D
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You are probably the one person who could!
I think they should bring in MOT's for caravans and trailers.....passed ANOTHER one this morning where the wheel had fallen off !.
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You are probably the one person who could!
I think they should bring in MOT's for caravans and trailers.....passed ANOTHER one this morning where the wheel had fallen off !.
The final part of the test could be for fire resistance....
Can they stand being torched with a flame thrower for 1 hour ;D
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You are already taxed for breathing but they call it council tax!
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I wouldn't mind so much if the road fund licence was actually spent on roads.
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I think the government know they will be out next time so don't really care what people think about their policies in the next couple of years. Dangerous times ahead..
None of this retrospective roadtax increase stuff has any ecological merit at all - its just a revenue raising exercise in green clothes >:(
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Isnt everyone getting just a little fed up getting ripped off left right and centre by this crappy government .... and its not just cars either ... when will the tax for just breathing come in ??? >:(
The "Beatles "Taxman" lyrics seem more appropriate now than ever before!
Let me tell you how it will be
There's one for you, nineteen for me
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman
Should five per cent appear too small
Be thankful I don't take it all
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah I'm the taxman
If you drive a car, I'll tax the street,
If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat.
If you get too cold I'll tax the heat,
If you take a walk, I'll tax your feet.
Don't ask me what I want it for
If you don't want to pay some more
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman
Now my advice for those who die
Declare the pennies on your eyes
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman
And you're working for no one but me.
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It seems that the government has no interest in winning the next election. Pity. :( :(
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why don't we all club together , buy an island somewhere off the coast...
declare independence, and then get diplomatic immunity for not paying our road tax?
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this news persuades ,me that I may as well buy a newer Miggy sometime.... (although the interiors are crap in comparison to my late mini facelift elite) since My RFL is going to go up as well.....
so there's a silver lining for someone, as and when I feel the need for a new car.
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You are probably the one person who could!
I think they should bring in MOT's for caravans and trailers.....passed ANOTHER one this morning where the wheel had fallen off !.
The final part of the test could be for fire resistance....
Can they stand being torched with a flame thrower for 1 hour ;D
We have to carry out a similar test for telecoms equipment sold in the USA called NEBS......one test involves drilling a small hole and inserting a blo torch and whilst measuring the height of the exiting flames!
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Sad git warning :(
http://www.nebs-faq.com
http://mototracker.atomicserver.co.uk/files/Successful%20Design%20and%20Test%20Methodology%20for%20NEBS.pdf