| backwoodsman |
| (enthusiast) |
| 13/07/2008 23:31 |
Re: Oh, well done the government (car tax)!.....NOT
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So, I thought (given the news last week) that I'd check out the new car tax bands. Don't know what to make of it really.....can't decide whether this system is fair or it should just all be chucked on fuel???
What I did find out though is that my car (registered late 2000) costs £185 this year for tax (I knew that already) but somewhat remarkably exactly the same car registered in 2001 has been costing £120 this year. Hmmmm......what kind of logic is this????
Aw c'mon Real...
If they are going to say "these new reg's will only apply to cars registered after xxx" (which would be reasonable) then there's a cut-off line to be drawn, and someone will always fall just the wrong side of it - in this case you, amongst others.
To use a golf analogy, it'd be like the rules saying if your ball is out of bounds then you have to play another ball from where you last played... (except if your ball is only a little bit out of bounds, in which case you can just cary on).
If you had a different car, you could easily have found that the car tax was a lot more for being the other side of the line