Do you agree with paying £250 Tax to park at work?

[Saver Wayne]

Your comments are appreciated.

We are going to send a petition to No.10
to stop the government taxing us to park at work.
Our aim is to get 1 Million signatures to stop the tax.
We are hosting the petition at:
http://www.park-uk.com/petition/work-parking-tax/ and have an official Facebbok page at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Petition-Parking-Tax...
There is huge resistance against the tax.
It's now evident that a number of local authorities are actively
examining introducing the charge in an attempt to raise funds.
About 10 million people drive to work every day and many,
particularly those in remote areas without public transport,
will be dismayed that they could now have to pay to park.

Please feel free to comment and if you wish to read further or sign the petition please visit the Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Petition-Parking-Tax...

Thanks so much.

[Soovy]

Good luck. They don't give a f ck. You'll be paying it.

They want us all on bicycles carrying little red books and wearing green uniforms. Your comfort must be sacrificed at the altar of bringing everyone down to the lowest common denominator.

As I said, a worthy effort, but you've got Bob Hope and No Hope. And Bob's dead.

[Red Devil]

Great for those working in out-of-town industrial estates with little or no public transport service!
Is this going to be a tax on businesses or individuals? If the latter I don't see what mechanism they can use for those who don't have company cars.

[Mars]

My perfectly legit email address fails your check so I can't register.

[Soovy]

Red Devil said:

Great for those working in out-of-town industrial estates with little or no public transport service!
Is this going to be a tax on businesses or individuals? If the latter I don't see what mechanism they can use for those who don't have company cars.

Individuals. If you park at work, your employer will deduct from you as part of PAYE.

250 x 10,000,000 = lots of lovely tax.


Start saving.

[Kentish]

Does the local authority tax the business and the business deducts the amount from salary (less an admin fee I expect in most cases)?

I wonder if this is going to be charged to everyone irrepsective of car sharing or other mode of transport, i.e all employees?

[Soovy]

Kentish said:

Does the local authority tax the business and the business deducts the amount from salary (less an admin fee I expect in most cases)?

I wonder if this is going to be charged to everyone irrepsective of car sharing or other mode of transport, i.e all employees?

It'll probably be levied on the business per space, then employers will pass it on.

[SS2.]

As I understood it, any business with more than 10 staff parking spaces would be liable for a charge of £250 per space.

The employer would then have to decide whether or not to pass that charge on to the employee.

A real vote winner..

Soovy said:

It'll probably be levied on the business per space, then employers will pass it on.

Beaten to it..

Edited by SS2. on Thursday 16th September 13:48

[swamp]

It will only happen in Nottingham. Then their businesses will relocate to somewhere else and Nottingham Council will lose the rates. Other councils watching on with interest will quickly abandon their own plans for a parking tax.

[wombat172a]

How does it work exactly? If it's charged at per parking space, what's the definition of a "parking space"? Two white lines is easy, but what about general paved areas / gravel yards where it's free-for-all parking so to speak?

[Kentish]

Soovy said:

Kentish said:

Does the local authority tax the business and the business deducts the amount from salary (less an admin fee I expect in most cases)?

I wonder if this is going to be charged to everyone irrepsective of car sharing or other mode of transport, i.e all employees?

It'll probably be levied on the business per space, then employers will pass it on.

So, shared evenly - number of spaces divided by number of employees, irrespective of whether or not they drive, cycle or bus into work.

Sounds fair!

[pilchardthecat]

Nottingham is well known for being a car-hating hotbed of socialist idiocy.

[B'stard Child]

I need to buy shares in companies manufacturing or selling yellow road paint

First reaction will be people parking on the road

Second reaction will be a huge increase in yellow lines painted on roads

[Arese]

Be interesting to see how companies that use lots of contractors deal with this!

[anonymous-user]

I have spent the last year working on sites - therefore I drive to a compound (normally a temporary yard) and not a "permanent" office car park. Would I be charged? Is the charge for ANYONE who uses a car to get to work, regardless of where they park?

[Welshbeef]

£250 net extra .... Great

our building has parking for 250 staff plus 10 visitor spaces.
That's a lot of cash.
Nearly all staff business travel so car is required for them to perform their duties.
I'm guessing the comp will conceed on those but the remaining incl pa's receptionists ie lower paid will have to pay OR comp pay for them also.

[ewenm]

Kentish said:

Soovy said:

Kentish said:

Does the local authority tax the business and the business deducts the amount from salary (less an admin fee I expect in most cases)?

I wonder if this is going to be charged to everyone irrepsective of car sharing or other mode of transport, i.e all employees?

It'll probably be levied on the business per space, then employers will pass it on.

So, shared evenly - number of spaces divided by number of employees, irrespective of whether or not they drive, cycle or bus into work.

Sounds fair!

Or they issue permits to staff to park, that cost the employee to buy and the employer to administer. My current main client have site parking permits - they won't let you on site if you don't have one. Currently free but with a waiting list...

The issue most people at that site have with taxing parking is that most of them don't have a realistic choice about driving to work. The site is in Bath but is not a well-paid industry so most workers can't afford to live in Bath so live in the surrounding villages and drive in. No railway option for most, buses take 3-4 times as long and cost more. So, for most of my small sample, it's just a dis-incentive to work.

If the government are serious about the "green" aspects of reducing driving they need to invest heavily in public transport. I see no sign of that, unsurprisingly.

[ManOpener]

Arese said:

Be interesting to see how companies that use lots of contractors deal with this!

Very true. I can see businesses asking all their employees to become self-employed and hiring them as contractors to get around it.

[Kentish]

It won't matter where you park or if you even own a car I expect, you'll be taxed anyway.

Just think of it as a tax for going to work.

I thought our new government said they would endeavour not to introduce new taxes or increase existing taxes if they got in?

So off the top of my head .....that's tax for driving to work, winter fuel allowances going, bus passes for OAPs going. I'm sure there are others too!

[CraigyMc]

Kentish said:

I thought our new government said they would endeavour not to introduce new taxes or increase existing taxes if they got in?

Did you dream that? I remember them saying no such thing.