Council tax to be replaced by new brick tax, MoneySavingExpert.com reveals

cepheus

There should be a land tax, no joke!

That would wipe the smile of the idle rich!

minislim

i heard the window tax was also due to be brought back.

just to catch those out who knock more holes in the walls to get round the brick tax!

hehe!:rotfl:

missprice

Lol what if your house is made Of tiny Lego bricks.

Good luck counting them.

zerog

cepheus wrote: »

There should be a land tax, no joke!

That would wipe the smile of the idle rich!

That's the only policy of the Green Party that I support - as long as Income Tax, NI, CGT, Stamp Duty, Council Tax and Inheritance Tax are abolished. VAT also, but this won't happen without leaving the EU.

Unfortunately this will never happen.

Joking aside, a "brick tax" would be worse than all the above taxes except VAT. LVT should be based on the value of a property's market price, minus the cost of rebuilding it.

zennith

Does this include houses made with lego bricks as well?

MABLE

I'm really bricking it now. What next will they think of!

bsms1147

Does this mean if I build my house with breeze blocks council tax will be about 75% less? I could go for that.

ashleyriot

This was a very good 1/4 joke - bravo .

FLAPJACK

I'm sure Mr Osbourne will be starting a "feasibility study" on this idea!

Brokerwise

Hi, I have just had a call from Carter Goldmann who state I am paying for too many bricks and they can challenge this and get my bricks reduced. Has anyone else dealt with them, they seen really nice for a big corporate and I am already a big fan of Steve