Road tax dodging 'on the rise'

[206xsi]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3101060.stm

Road tax dodging 'on the rise'

More people are dodging road tax, despite a range of measures introduced by the government to tackle evaders, an official report has said.

Although the government collected £4.6m in duty during 2002 to 2003, around £193m was lost through evasion, a rise of 0.6% in 1999 - and a 0.4% increase from the 1994, the National Audit Office said.

(more in link)

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And it's a direct reflection of the growing cost of motoring (including scameras!)

Edited to say that they reckon 20-25% of motorbikes are untaxed!

>>> Edited by 206xsi on Friday 12th September 08:23

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206xsi said:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3101060.stm Road tax dodging 'on the rise' More people are dodging road tax, despite a range of measures introduced by the government to tackle evaders, an official report has said. Although the government collected £4.6m in duty during 2002 to 2003, around £193m was lost through evasion, a rise of 0.6% in 1999 - and a 0.4% increase from the 1994, the National Audit Office said. (more in link) ----------------------- And it's a direct reflection of the growing cost of motoring (including scameras!) Edited to say that they reckon 20-25% of motorbikes are untaxed! >>> Edited by 206xsi on Friday 12th September 08:23

I think the BBC may have made a mistake in their figures.
4.6m when divided by £160 (current cost of my tax but this does vary) equates to only 28750 cars!!!

If only there were just 28750 cars on the road!!
I supect they might mean billion. But 193 million is a hell of a lot not to collect. And I suspect that as the cost of TAX increases the number of buyers will continue to decrease.

[anonymous-user]

Scameras can't tell if the car is untaxed, only if it's speeding. If Police forces continue down the road of relying on cameras to do the work of human beings this trend will surely continue.

Scrap the cameras and put real people back out there so that the the real menace, the untaxed, uninsured, drugged up drivers of unroadworthy cars can be caught.

[gh0st]

unrepentant said:

Scameras can't tell if the car is untaxed, only if it's speeding. If Police forces continue down the road of relying on cameras to do the work of human beings this trend will surely continue. Scrap the cameras and put real people back out there so that the the real menace, the untaxed, uninsured, drugged up drivers of unroadworthy cars can be caught.

Hear Hear

[icamm]

but the APNR cameras can catch tax dodgers. I think these are pretty much in every trapol car now (mind you that wouldn't have cost much as there aren't many left ).

[HarryW]

Don't forget most of these won't have insurance or an MOT as well. The APNR systems is very good and I've seen them taget stretches of road down here before now, with the back up of 3 or 4 cars and a couple of bikes, very labour intensive but well worth it IMHO.

Harry

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icamm said:

but the APNR cameras can catch tax dodgers.

Unless they're running cloned plates.
As usual, the dishonest ones get away scot free and the rest pay through the nose.