Councils - tax and parking tickets

[Mojooo]

Simple question

If your council said they could reduce your council tax bill by £200/year by aggressivley ticketing anyone parking improperly and charging them a £70 PCN - would you go for it?

[Jim the Sunderer]

I wouldn't trust the redder than red council here not to raise the tax by £400 the year after.

[crmcatee]

I don't believe they're allowed to do that though - thought that money generated by transport (including parking) was ring fenced for use for transport related budgets only.


I'd see it as a stealth tax and I'm sure they wouldn't make themselves popular to get re-elected.

[Victor McDade]

Mojooo said:

Simple question

If your council said they could reduce your council tax bill by £200/year by aggressivley ticketing anyone parking improperly and charging them a £70 PCN - would you go for it?

Yes

[Puggit]

Simple answer - all councils in built up areas already do this...

[Bing o]

Mojooo said:

Simple question

If your council said they could reduce your council tax bill by £200/year by aggressivley ticketing anyone parking improperly and charging them a £70 PCN - would you go for it?

Yes - illegal parking is at best inconsiderate and at worst dangerous as it can obstruct the emergency services.

[petemurphy]

yes but it wouldnt happen as they would no doubt use the cash gained in extra committees etc to oversea the project. + more people would appeal leading to higher leagl bills. councils and saving cash cannot be used in the same sentence.

[Jasandjules]

Councils already go for as many tickets as they can do they not?

And now I've got a message from the Govt saying the fuel tax is simply a method of filling the coffers to pay for Labour's misspending years.

[Vipers]

Bing o said:

Mojooo said:

Simple question

If your council said they could reduce your council tax bill by £200/year by aggressivley ticketing anyone parking improperly and charging them a £70 PCN - would you go for it?

Yes - illegal parking is at best inconsiderate and at worst dangerous as it can obstruct the emergency services.

+1, I will support anything that will curb illegal parking.

[andy400]

Jim the Sunderer said:

I wouldn't trust the redder than red council here not to raise the tax by £400 the year after.

^^This. They'd just put it up later on, leaving you with very high taxes and ridiculous parking fines.

[Man-At-Arms]

how about a reduction for the more you recycle

if councils get paid by smelters for drink cans, then why don't we