Put the tax on petrol/diesel....
Anything else is a lie. My 98 VW TDI engine is in the same emissions band as the current one. Plus its construction costs have been depreciated by eleven years of use.
Already done, can't apply tax retrospectively so the cars bought before the new bands were introduced stay on the old system.
thats exactly the argument, so it does hold water imo.Why not ? I have an ATM card. If a new tax on ATM cards is introduced, I can't say that I already have one so the tax doesn't apply to me, only to people who get one from now on.
Those people who own second homes have been subject to a new tax on an existing possession.
How is that any different ?
Also, cars bought after the tax was introduced, but pre-2008 vintage, still use the old system so the arguement fails to hold any water at all...
But cars first registered in the state AFTER the CO2 tax, but pre-2008 (ie, a 2007 car imported from England) are still on the old rate.
That's what I meant...sorry for the confusion.
yep, its all based on the date of first registration, doesnt matter what country it was first registered in though.
CO2 tax wasnt introduced until July 1st 2008, so all cars after that are co2 tax based, all cars before that are cc based unless the car was registered between Jan 1st and June 30th, you have a choice which system tou want to enter.
But my point was that whether it is CO2 or CC based it is still a tax based on your potential to harm environment/use roads rather than actual use.
If tax on fuel came in, you'd possibly be worse off driving a beast like that !i had a 4.4 V8 and had to pay €1566 road tax while doing only about 4-5k per year!
Yeah. My original idea from the mists of time was to do it in conjunction with the UK so we end up equalising the tax on fuel as both we and they go to a road tax in fuel basis. The both of us can close down our motor tax offices. As we have a higher VAT rate, we'd probably have to charge lower duty, but I'm sure some arrangement could be dreamt up that would keep the base price across the border roughly the same.That would be ideal for many people, but then fuel smuggling would be a massive problem. I live in a border county and there would be no local petrol stations left if the price went to €1.50 for the long term while petrol in NI stayed at £1 (for example).
I like the idea though (and your metaphor above!)
If tax on fuel came in, you'd possibly be worse off driving a beast like that !
Jeep Grand Cherokee, was it ?
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