Thread: Hybrid Vehicles

I hope I don't sound argumentative because that's really not my intention.

Houses in England are not taxed by the rooms so a walk in closet wouldn't add to the tax bill, like here the houses have a taxable value so an expensive house pays more property tax than a cheaper one. Saying that I don't remember ever seeing a walk-in closet in England but that's more to do with the room available. We do have built in wardrobes as well as the freestanding ones.

Unlike in Canada and maybe the States where a buyer of a car has to pay tax every time even if it's bought and sold 10 times, in England tax (VAT) is only paid once when the car is brand new, after that no more tax is paid. That's why used cars are so popular, no tax.

The tax (VAT) is not paid on the size or displacement of an engine but on the cost of the car new (when I was in England VAT was 17.5% but it's gone up since then)and as I said, new is the only time tax is paid except for road tax which is paid either 6 monthly or annually but that's just the English equivalent to the annual license plate sticker that we buy here.
The same rate of VAT is charged on almost everything whether it's a car or a packet of crisps

On a side note, I remember back when the government decided that instead of property tax they would charge poll tax which meant taxes were charged based on how many adults lived in a house.

This was wildly unfair because a single person living alone in a million pound house would pay half as much tax as an unemployed couple in a one bedroom flat and nobody agreed to pay. I remember appearing in court for non payment with about 200 others this particular day. The bailiffs would turn up and people poured water on them from the bedroom windows.

The poll tax was cancelled after less than a year and the government went back to property tax again.

Power to the people!