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Old 16th June 2019, 08:08   #9
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IMHO the entire tax system needs a complete overhaul.

It's ridiculously complex with far too many individual "taxes" which (if you're rich enough to employ someone to find them) means that the opportunities for avoiding payment are vast (and legal ).

For a long time I've agreed with the idea of putting the "car tax" onto fuel. The more you use the roads, the more you "damage" them so the more you pay to put them right (and the more "pollution" you create). Simples. Oh, and it should be a "ring fenced" payment NOT available for the Treasury to "acquire" for something else.

Now, with electric vehicles that's a bit more difficult but I'm sure it's not beyond the wit of man to come up with something reasonable.

Far too many vested interests for it to ever happen.........

Andy.

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