Posted on 12/10/2006 12:24:08 PM PST by kiriath_jearim
"If ya walk too much they'll tax your feet".
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The word is "shakedown". Local government in Britain has been trying to find new ways of raising revenues all the time.
Regards, Ivan
Artist: The Beatles Lyrics
Song: Taxman Lyrics
One, two, three, four...
Hrmm!
One, two, (one, two, three, four!)
Let me tell you how it will be;
There's one for you, nineteen for me.
'Cause Im the taxman,
Yeah, Im the taxman.
Should five per cent appear too small,
Be thankful I don't take it all.
'Cause Im the taxman,
Yeah, Im the taxman.
(if you drive a car, car;) - Ill tax the street;
(if you try to sit, sit;) - Ill tax your seat;
(if you get too cold, cold;) - Ill tax the heat;
(if you take a walk, walk;) - I'll tax your feet.
Taxman!
'Cause Im the taxman,
Yeah, Im the taxman.
Don't ask me what I want it for, (ah-ah, mister Wilson)
If you don't want to pay some more. (ah-ah, mister heath)
'Cause Im the taxman,
Yeah, Im the taxman.
Now my advice for those who die, (taxman)
Declare the pennies on your eyes. (taxman)
'Cause Im the taxman,
Yeah, Im the taxman.
And you're working for no one but me.
Taxman!
............and if you breathe too much?
"We just need it to pay for that "Free Lunch" you have been feasting on all these years...."
They already do this here in the states. You blokes better get with the times. (sarcasim)
As for the parking they have started doing that here recently as well. They tax us for water shed. That is they tax us per square foot for rain water run off of our roof and paved areas on our property. This supposedly is for the treatment of storm water run off and the preservation of creeks and rivers.
One very appropriate song.
And, as for all governments everywhere, they find the concept of restraining expenses to be obscene
Power corrupts.
Regards, Ivan
Regards, Ivan
Personally, I don't see how the Brits have any extra money for anything other than the bare neccesities, considering how heavily they are taxed on just about everything, with even more taxes to come.
Classic! Taxed for the rain water that falls on your property...
wonder how many goons it took to come up with that one?
If it gets worse, we'll work to make it better. But it will survive.
Regards, Ivan
535 plus 1. There were the Yeas and nays of course. Your US House and Senate at work.
Is the British tax system based on fair market value at all? At least where I live, and I assume in most of the US, taxes are based on the putative value of the property, based on the sale prices of comparable houses in the area.
There is, of course, controversy in determining which homes are "comparable." My house is overvalued, because the "comparable" houses in the neighborhood have all been renovated before they were sold, and I still have the original plumbing, old wiring and no central a/c. I plan to have an independent appraisal or two and appeal the valuation next year.
Do homes with available parking sell for more than homes without? If so, I'd expect that to be built into the appraisal. If not, not. Reading between the lines, and admitting my ignorance of the UK system, it seems that they might just be adding parking access as a factor in which homes are comparable to which -- and if that's the case, I'd expect the valuation of homes without parking to go down (or go up more slowly).
If these changes make the tax valuation more accurately reflect the actual value of the property, they're fair; if not, not. I can't really tell which is the case from this article.
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