Gordon's 'Green' Tax

shockingmoment

Unfortunately not money saving - just a warning.....

Easyjet have just emailed me asking for Gordon's Green tax for flights I booked months ago.....

I really wouldn't mind if the tax was spent on a truly green issue - not punitive, cynical cheap money harvesting

nelly_2

exactly what is it a tenner a flight?

how much is that out of the cost of a holliday when you take into acount flight hotel and spends?
1% <---- that aint gonna put anyone off however it will get spent on more red tape

alchemista

nelly wrote:

exactly what is it a tenner a flight?

how much is that out of the cost of a holliday when you take into acount flight hotel and spends?
1% <---- that aint gonna put anyone off however it will get spent on more red tape

It amazes me how much of the British population have this attitude towards taxes. The opinion that it's just a little bit, so don't worry about it, is exactly how they push these through. However, in the end, you end up with a very large tax burden because of all these things.

The term is "nickel and diming". I guess that is why UK is one of the higher tax nations and our products cost so much!

History has proven that governments are not efficient with money to provide services. Free market forces are the most efficient, but tend toward only optimal profit and consumption. For areas where the free market results are counter to what is good for society, that's where government can counter. However, trying to have government be a player in the free market economy to provide services has been proven inefficient.

shockingmoment

nelly wrote:

exactly what is it a tenner a flight?

how much is that out of the cost of a holliday when you take into acount flight hotel and spends?
1% <---- that aint gonna put anyone off however it will get spent on more red tape

think you completely missed the point..... yet another stealth tax -

get used to it - when Gordon gets in there'll be more and more of this.

Have you ever looked at how much of what you earn goes in tax - direct and indirect - from income through poll to car (purchase, road fund license etc etc), clothes, meal out, fuel (fuel!!!!), alcohol...........

In fact - good question. On average - how much of what we earn does HMG take from us on a weekly basis...?

alchemista

shockingmoment wrote:

think you completely missed the point..... yet another stealth tax -

get used to it - when Gordon gets in there'll be more and more of this.

Have you ever looked at how much of what you earn goes in tax - direct and indirect - from income through poll to car (purchase, road fund license etc etc), clothes, meal out, fuel (fuel!!!!), alcohol...........

In fact - good question. On average - how much of what we earn does HMG take from us on a weekly basis...?

I believe that it comes out to around 1/3 for a married couple earning the average salary.

pennylane99

its doubling the current tax.....so £10 for domestic and short European flights

but up to £80 for longhaul....

shockingmoment

alchemista wrote:

I believe that it comes out to around 1/3 for a married couple earning the average salary.

phew!!!!

so essentially - I work one hour in every three for HMG!

The only saving grace is that its so well invested on my behalf........

alchemista

shockingmoment wrote:

phew!!!!

so essentially - I work one hour in every three for HMG!

The only saving grace is that its so well invested on my behalf........

Don't worry, all the teenage mothers I see walking around near my town enjoy your money.

ManAtHome

Worse than that - http://www.adamsmith.org/tax/

Watch for more "nickel and diming" (thanks Alchemista) now we have cars split into umpteen road tax bands...

shockingmoment

ManAtHome wrote:

Worse than that - http://www.adamsmith.org/tax/

Tax Freedom day - 3rd june 2006
25 weeks for the govt, 27 for me.

i feel so much better........

ManAtHome

Serves you right for asking....

As you said earlier - there's a LONG list of stuff which a lot of people never consider (biggy you missed was NI - employers+employees is higher than basic rate tax).

We're (well not US obviously) getting a bit too easy to spin - saw a survey the other week where a majority of respondents "correctly" guessed that inflation was below 3%. I would be more inclined to correctly guess that the most widely reported inflation number was CPI...