Direct 'Europe Tax' proposals for EU budget reform cost £6bn
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Secretive plans from the Federation of European Socialist States contain 'Europe Tax' proposals that could cost £6bn - between £155 and £260 per household per year.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/136641/Secret-...
The leaked proposals, seen by the Daily Express, state that Britain should lose the billions of pounds in rebate that was agreed by Margaret Thatcher 25 years ago.
The plans – with a foreword by European Union Commissioner Jose Manuel Barroso – would cost every British family at least £155 a year.
They would also mean Brussels being given the power to dip straight into taxpayers’ pockets.
Possible taxes suggested in the report – which could be discussed as soon as the start of the European summit in Brussels tomorrow – include levies on phone calls, flights, financial transactions or carbon emissions. They would have to raise about £6.4billion a year – the net cost of belonging to the EU and equivalent to about £260 for every household in the UK.
A huge majority of readers backs Britain leaving the EU, the Daily Express phone poll revealed last night. Asked whether the UK should get out, an astonishing 99 per cent said yes. Of the thousands who voted, just a few readers said the UK ought to stay in.
Jim McConalogue of the European Foundation, which wants to renegotiate European treaties, said: “It is clear from its so-called ‘reform’ agenda that Brussels is committed to the daylight robbery of the British taxpayer.”
Matthew Elliott, chief executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, branded the idea of direct taxation from Brussels an “outrage”.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/136641/Secret-...
The leaked proposals, seen by the Daily Express, state that Britain should lose the billions of pounds in rebate that was agreed by Margaret Thatcher 25 years ago.
The plans – with a foreword by European Union Commissioner Jose Manuel Barroso – would cost every British family at least £155 a year.
They would also mean Brussels being given the power to dip straight into taxpayers’ pockets.
Possible taxes suggested in the report – which could be discussed as soon as the start of the European summit in Brussels tomorrow – include levies on phone calls, flights, financial transactions or carbon emissions. They would have to raise about £6.4billion a year – the net cost of belonging to the EU and equivalent to about £260 for every household in the UK.
A huge majority of readers backs Britain leaving the EU, the Daily Express phone poll revealed last night. Asked whether the UK should get out, an astonishing 99 per cent said yes. Of the thousands who voted, just a few readers said the UK ought to stay in.
Jim McConalogue of the European Foundation, which wants to renegotiate European treaties, said: “It is clear from its so-called ‘reform’ agenda that Brussels is committed to the daylight robbery of the British taxpayer.”
Matthew Elliott, chief executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, branded the idea of direct taxation from Brussels an “outrage”.
Guam said:
I didnt vote on this I was not consulted on this If it becomes Law I am prepared to do time for Non payment end of!!
Enough is enough, its time we all sent a clear message to Westminster and the EU UNLESS we get the choice to make the decision ourselves (as we were promised) we will not pay this (hell those guys across the pod built a nation on this approach and its good enough for me)!!
Cheers
Unfortunately we have two parties with a chance of winning the election and a third with possibly some influence in the event of a hung parliament. All 3 are completely wedded to the EU. So who's your message for?Enough is enough, its time we all sent a clear message to Westminster and the EU UNLESS we get the choice to make the decision ourselves (as we were promised) we will not pay this (hell those guys across the pod built a nation on this approach and its good enough for me)!!
Cheers
Not surprised in the slightest and to be honest was thinking the taxation of the UK to pay for the EU would be far more. I await the next stealth EU taxes which will no doubt fulfil my expectations.
The 5th of November 2009 is now officially the first “slap anybody who voted labour” day
The 5th of November 2009 is now officially the first “slap anybody who voted labour” day
Edited by AndrewW-G on Wednesday 28th October 11:38
unrepentant said:
Unfortunately we have two parties with a chance of winning the election and a third with possibly some influence in the event of a hung parliament. All 3 are completely wedded to the EU. So who's your message for?
I don't really see how the Conservatives could be described as "wedded" to the EU. They are now united around a Eurosceptic agenda.JagLover said:
unrepentant said:
Unfortunately we have two parties with a chance of winning the election and a third with possibly some influence in the event of a hung parliament. All 3 are completely wedded to the EU. So who's your message for?
I don't really see how the Conservatives could be described as "wedded" to the EU. They are now united around a Eurosceptic agenda.Let's hope the EURC are a bit better than our own s
t operation.
I am f
king steaming having just put the phone down on this pappy, phlegmatic woman robot WHO TOLD ME MY f
kING £2K REBATE WOULD BE PAID BY NOV 13th. I am so angry, I could punch a wall. I am f
king short of cash at the moment and that £2K they have STOLEN off me would be very useful.
I would love to know how the f
kery it is possible to justify a frigging 3 f
kING MONTH WAIT between getting my paper in the post and paying me my money.
You can bet your bottom bloody dollar that HMRC would be raping my arse until the lining of my colon came out and then selling it on ebay to fund my shortfall plus interest, plus charge for this and that, before wiping their knob on the curtains.
I am steaming about these thieving b
ds. Properly steaming. I am going to do my damnedest to avoid paying as much tax to these most wasteful of contemptable
s. Jeez, they are the rapist who steals as well. It is bad enough that they waste my money on s
t and other nonsensical s
te like the f
king EU, but to steal my bloody money and then dither for 3 MONTHS paying it back is a step to far. I gather that half of the bloody problem was the f
kup surrounding their new computer system. The way they go about things, you'd think it was people on horseback with purses of gold coins.
GIVE ME MY MONEY YOU
S 
My guess is that the EU will integrate it's tax system into HMRC, so you get no choice and a s
t service to boot.
f
k them and their s
tty service. 

:O 


I am f



I would love to know how the f


You can bet your bottom bloody dollar that HMRC would be raping my arse until the lining of my colon came out and then selling it on ebay to fund my shortfall plus interest, plus charge for this and that, before wiping their knob on the curtains.
I am steaming about these thieving b






GIVE ME MY MONEY YOU


My guess is that the EU will integrate it's tax system into HMRC, so you get no choice and a s

f







Shoot Blair said:
Let's hope the EURC are a bit better than our own s
t operation.
I am f
king steaming having just put the phone down on this pappy, phlegmatic woman robot WHO TOLD ME MY f
kING £2K REBATE WOULD BE PAID BY NOV 13th. I am so angry, I could punch a wall. I am f
king short of cash at the moment and that £2K they have STOLEN off me would be very useful.
I would love to know how the f
kery it is possible to justify a frigging 3 f
kING MONTH WAIT between getting my paper in the post and paying me my money.
You can bet your bottom bloody dollar that HMRC would be raping my arse until the lining of my colon came out and then selling it on ebay to fund my shortfall plus interest, plus charge for this and that, before wiping their knob on the curtains.
I am steaming about these thieving b
ds. Properly steaming. I am going to do my damnedest to avoid paying as much tax to these most wasteful of contemptable
s. Jeez, they are the rapist who steals as well. It is bad enough that they waste my money on s
t and other nonsensical s
te like the f
king EU, but to steal my bloody money and then dither for 3 MONTHS paying it back is a step to far. I gather that half of the bloody problem was the f
kup surrounding their new computer system. The way they go about things, you'd think it was people on horseback with purses of gold coins.
GIVE ME MY MONEY YOU
S 
My guess is that the EU will integrate it's tax system into HMRC, so you get no choice and a s
t service to boot.
f
k them and their s
tty service. 

:O 

I've got to give them a £2k VAT bill in the minute, shall I just give it to you?
I am f



I would love to know how the f


You can bet your bottom bloody dollar that HMRC would be raping my arse until the lining of my colon came out and then selling it on ebay to fund my shortfall plus interest, plus charge for this and that, before wiping their knob on the curtains.
I am steaming about these thieving b






GIVE ME MY MONEY YOU


My guess is that the EU will integrate it's tax system into HMRC, so you get no choice and a s

f







turbobloke said:
That's the thing - and these EU issues never seem to have that comforting feel of democracy and accountability about them 
That's because they aren't. 
Isn't it odd how we are getting dragged along by our hair, like a child on it's first day of school, by people who should really know better, in light of this.

I can't see how the whole EU expensive experiment isn't doomed to fail. The only people who want it are some politicians (who stand to get more money/power)
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