IF the council tax was abolished how would this affect other taxes and rates
xerus Thurs 10/07/08 10:24
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Some years ago they abolished the council tax (rates) in Eire. I'm not sure what they replaced it with.
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The Community Charge (Poll Tax) replaced the old antiquated rates system, which was found to be unfair. The theory behind the Poll Tax was that everybody who made use of any public utility or service would be required to pay for it, so that, in theory at least, the little old lady who lived alone next door had less to pay than a family with 3 or 4 adults all in full-time employment, and whose incomes far exceeded that of the little old lady, yet they were all using the same public facilities, like street lighting, police, fire, education, refuse collection and so forth. So in that regard the Poll Tax was a fairer system. But it greatly vexed many of those who normally had nothing to pay under the old rating system and riots broke out in various parts of the country, much greater than those riots of 1381 when the first Poll Tax was introduced under Richard II. So the Poll Tax of 1984-92 was abolished in favour of the existing Council Tax, which, again, is proving unpopular chiefly because it continues to rise year on year. If this were to be abolished I believe it is likely that it will be replaced by something very similar to the old rating system, with accompanying restrictions on planning, investment and public services.
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The old rating valuation seemed to be the fairest. Council tax on commercial properties is in line with the property's rent. So if/when the landlord increases the rent so also does the CT. Currently questionnaires r sent to all commercial properties 'demanding' info on landlords of commercial properties (so rental values could be checked). Even small businesses have to pay extra (on top of CT) for refuse collection in 'container bins'.
Since we dont space for such containers we take our refuse home.
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They would obviously go up as the money needs to come from somewhere genius.
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This does not answer the original question which was how would it affect other taxes. I do not have the answer to that but to continue previous responses it seems to me that to tax you on the value of you home seems daft. Not only the little old lady syndrome but if that little old lady lived in a posh street she would pay up to EIGHT TIMES a group of four adults living in less salubrious surroundings even though they all use the same services. They latest dodge is to increase your tax if you have a nice view. Perverse if you ask me. There is no fair answer as people who stand to pay more will always object, like the Poll Tax rioters.
Rant over! Can we now have an answer to the original question!
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