Review of Road Tax ongoing.

[martin84]

Over the last decade the Government has raised about a quarter of a trillion pounds from fuel duty. It's not our fault they've wasted it. Everybody agrees it's too expensive and I'm sure we all agree it needs to come down. First step is to freeze it and then decrease by 1p a year. Government needs to start living like the rest of us in how we look at what money we've got and then decide what we can spend it on.

Government seems to think it can operate the other way around.

[turbobloke]

Energy/fuel prices are key. Only UK/EU politicians could fail to spot this.

If they wise up and stop bending their collective knee to the naked green emperor there's hope, i.e. not much at the moment but some positive signs.

[martin84]

Energy is everything. No company can do anything if the lights aren't on. It really is as basic as that. Only politicians try to make it more complicated.

[anonymous-user]

give me an income tax cut ahead of consumption tax every time.

[carinaman]

http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/31119

That wasn't well publicised.


Scrapping the paper disc but not the tax?

Scrap the tax altogther. Jobs go at Swansea but at least PCSOs and PCs no longer being bothered by neighbours complaining about untaxed cars and having to fill in a form and/or say 'it's the DVLAs job now, not ours'.

Think of the IT and electricity and postage savings not sending out all of those reminders?

All that paper and brown envelopes not being bought and carried around the country in trucks making nice ruts on our M-ways and pumping out particulates and heat?

Not too good for footfall in Post Offices though.

[Guybrush]

carinaman said:

http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/31119

That wasn't well publicised.


Scrapping the paper disc but not the tax?

Scrap the tax altogther. Jobs go at Swansea but at least PCSOs and PCs no longer being bothered by neighbours complaining about untaxed cars and having to fill in a form and/or say 'it's the DVLAs job now, not ours'.

Think of the IT and electricity and postage savings not sending out all of those reminders?

All that paper and brown envelopes not being bought and carried around the country in trucks making nice ruts on our M-ways and pumping out particulates and heat?

Not too good for footfall in Post Offices though.

Yes it was a shame is wasn't well publicised. It's a very good idea - a big tax saving for the private sector tax payer, no avoidance to worry about and the means for tax on usage already in place - i.e. tax on fuel.

[Art0ir]

Raise road tax across the board, lower fuel duty. Will keep congestion down and encourage the use of public transport and at the same time reduce the cost of... well anything that gets delivered in a lorry.

[Odie]

Art0ir said:

Raise road tax across the board, lower fuel duty. Will keep congestion down and encourage the use of public transport and at the same time reduce the cost of... well anything that gets delivered in a lorry.

Lower Road tax, lower fuel duty, gain more revenue in VAT as people spend the same money on something else...

Nobody is saving, most people spend all the money they get every month or have already spent it and are paying back the debt, so they will still get tax from it. Perhaps they could add in a higher level VAT rate for luxuries.

Im not sure that would get the revenue back but it would help the economy.