Genuine question road tax for? Because something douse not see right.

 

We know what it's meant for but not what they use it for.

 

Its meant to contribute mainly towards the running of the roads, which it does to an extent, they also use funds for elsewhere though.

Like any tax though, it goes into a central point (the government) and then its up to them what they spend it on.

 

Its been bugging me for a while now, in my mind road tax is paid so the roads can be maintained but newer cars pay no road tax to they must float

I give it a few more years or until another party comes in power before all cars have to pay tax again. Also all this lost revenue on car not paying tax is being put on fuel a barrel of fuel now is 40% cheaper than last year so why is it going up :S

My thoughts anyway

 

its ment to pay for the upkeep of the roads etc

BUT if that the case then why do hybrids not have to pay road tax ??

 

Hybrids and economical cars pay less or not tax as a government incentive to encourage people to be greener, in order that we as a country can meet our CO2 obligations.

 

Know the feeling!

Check out this link http://www.thetaxguide.co.uk/what-do...x-pay-for.html.

CheeRS, Chris

 

Know the feeling!

Check out this link http://www.thetaxguide.co.uk/what-do...x-pay-for.html.

CheeRS, Chris

 

Upkeep of the roads.... yeah okay.

In Mirfield, Church Lane (a road that is full of Ł500k houses) is the worst mess... and Nettleton Road I try to avoid like the plague cos one day my little fez is gonna disappear down one of those potholes!

 

Something like this...............



CheeRS, Chris

 

yeah...... but I said Fez....

 

Holy fuck.

 

It's not called Road Fund Licence any more, just to stop people thinking the cash isn't going where it is meant to.

It's now Vehicle Excise Duty.

Very little, if any, Government income and expenditure is ring-fenced. They collect money under a variety of taxes and charges, then distribute this general fund across the various departments.

 

id imagine all that seemingly never ending motorway maintenance cost's a fortune. theres a 09 JCB every 100m

 

After what the snow and ice has done to the roads over the last couple of weeks road tax will be put up very soon. Ive never seen so many pot holes.

 

it is used to buy more needles for drug addicts,and more wall paper ,swimming pools etc for politicians because it is not used on the roads

 

i do find it funny how are motorists are some of the highest taxed in europe yet we have one of the worst road networks in europe!

 

Is it a private road though? If so i'm pretty sure the residents will be responsible for the upkeep of the road. I could be wrong but that's what i've been told.

I've had to tax my Focus today at Ł118.25 for 6 months, its rediculous, the roads around here are covered in potholes, the only thing they seem to spend money on is putting in more and speed bumps

 

it was orignally based on how big your vehicles was and how much wear and tear it was going ot put on the road

then, someone clever, decided that they could tax the emissions that might be produced by the vhicle, so that's when the tax bands came in

apparently the road tax and general motorist charges come in at around the 340 billion mark every year, enough to pay for plenty of policeman, nurses, firemen, schools, hospitals etc, but not quite enough left over to pay for the roads they aer actually supposed to be paying for

so go figure eh

 

our picasso HDi does 60mpg and is Ł120 a year to tax.

i suppose my small contribution will go on a porn movie and vodka for some politician?
it wont get spent on the huge hole on the road outside the local post office

 

The most sense being spoken in this thread thats for sure!

 

It makes me laugh that the money i have spent on tax over the year could have been spent on a duck island or mote cleaning and not on the shitty roads lol