just traded in my freelander2 for a new peugeot 308 the difference in road tax is £260 a year for the land rover and just £30 a year for the peugeot. a difference of £230 on just one car.
so my question is, when all the cars are eventually down to the low rate emissions type road tax, just how will the government make up the shortfall in income from road tax??
will they put it on fuel?? |
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"just traded in my freelander2 for a new peugeot 308 the difference in road tax is £260 a year for the land rover and just £30 a year for the peugeot. a difference of £230 on just one car.
so my question is, when all the cars are eventually down to the low rate emissions type road tax, just how will the government make up the shortfall in income from road tax??
will they put it on fuel??"
No they will just alter how much each band pays. |
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"They could tax tyres or increase MOT charges or put in tolls on roads or automated 'pay as you go' electronic thingies....the government will not lose income...."
but surely they already are losing income with the amount of cars already on the low rate, some i looked at were taxed at £0
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Don't know what they're doing with the money they do get coz they're not spending it on the roads around here. The number of pot holes are on the increase not to mention the poor standard of repairs they did last year. |
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"They could tax tyres or increase MOT charges or put in tolls on roads or automated 'pay as you go' electronic thingies....the government will not lose income....
but surely they already are losing income with the amount of cars already on the low rate, some i looked at were taxed at £0
More cars overall.
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"Don't know what they're doing with the money they do get coz they're not spending it on the roads around here. The number of pot holes are on the increase not to mention the poor standard of repairs they did last year."
Vehicle Excise Duty has been general taxation rather than a tax to fund road repairs for quite a few years now. |
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"They could tax tyres or increase MOT charges or put in tolls on roads or automated 'pay as you go' electronic thingies....the government will not lose income....
but surely they already are losing income with the amount of cars already on the low rate, some i looked at were taxed at £0
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but when they reduced the low rate they hiked the high rate  |
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"They could tax tyres or increase MOT charges or put in tolls on roads or automated 'pay as you go' electronic thingies....the government will not lose income....
but surely they already are losing income with the amount of cars already on the low rate, some i looked at were taxed at £0
but when they reduced the low rate they hiked the high rate "
And keep hiking them every year above the rate of inflation.
Anyone notice that most inflationary increases are more often than not Government costs/charges? |
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