Twice as many vehicles now being clamped for non-payment of tax

molerat

GTE_Boy wrote: »

Like I said force the garages into being unpaid revenue collectors.

GTE_Boy wrote: »

That's right, get rid of decent civil service jobs and get a garage cashier to do it for minimum wage.

Anyone who provides goods or services is already an unpaid tax collector anyway. This would simply be an increase in fuel duty, nothing additional to do. The Civil Service is massively overweight and expensive to run, many CS posts are simply self serving, losing a few would be no great loss to the country.

GTE_Boy

molerat wrote: »

Anyone who provides goods or services is already an unpaid tax collector anyway. This would simply be an increase in fuel duty, nothing additional to do. The Civil Service is massively overweight and expensive to run, many CS posts are simply self serving, losing a few would be no great loss to the country.

Yes a few hundred more on the dole will really benefit the country.

Barny1979

Herzlos wrote: »

Except it appears that in the majority of cases it's not deliberate evasion, it's either been a missed reminded or misunderstanding or administrative error.

Any stats to back that generalisation up?

Snowedunder

I do sincerely hope that many of the above 'perfect people with perfect minds' never grow old, or disabled, or rely on restricted incomes, many if not all of the above frivolous suggestions are not so easy as you age, lose jobs, or are physically handicapped.


Please try to remember that comments you make may cause hurt to the vulnerable.

BeenThroughItAll

Snowedunder wrote: »

I do sincerely hope that many of the above 'perfect people with perfect minds' never grow old, or disabled, or rely on restricted incomes, many if not all of the above frivolous suggestions are not so easy as you age, lose jobs, or are physically handicapped.


Please try to remember that comments you make may cause hurt to the vulnerable.

Are you saying elderly, disabled, or poor people aren't able to use a calendar? A little condescending, don't you think?

Oh, the irony.

Snowedunder

I think you know full well what I am saying, just like all walks of life there are some things we all can't do, and that is the reason we have to adjust our thinking to accept each person is different. But then there are those that do not want to see any other opinion because they are always right.


I am 'all of the above' and then some!!

loskie

I would question that if someone is incapable of taxing their car on time then are they really capable of driving around in a 1 to 2 tonne chunk of metal?

GingerBob_3

loskie wrote: »

I would question that if someone is incapable of taxing their car on time then are they really capable of driving around in a 1 to 2 tonne chunk of metal?

Well yes. An inability to organise household administration clearly points to someone who can't co-ordinate clutch and accelerator. Are you an actuary by any chance?

paddyandstumpy

So what would you have in your Utopia Bob?

No tax?
No insurance?
No government?
No 'Establishment'?

I hear Somalia ticks those boxes. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

RichardD1970

GingerBob wrote: »

Well yes. An inability to organise household administration clearly points to someone who can't co-ordinate clutch and accelerator. Are you an actuary by any chance?

But driving and being in charges of a vehicle is so much more than just that. That all, very quickly, becomes muscle memory that requires very little mental input.