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Motor Tax Rates to Increase in Budget

-Chris- · 2011-11-27 12:43:06

Threads merged http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/aa-calls-on-govt-not-to-hike-motoring-taxes-529996.html Tax for band A cars will go up to €254170. The rest will increase by smaller amounts. Well, who didn't see that coming??? :rolleyes:

27-11-2011 12:43pm

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AA calls on Govt not to hike motoring taxes
Sunday, November 27, 2011 - 10:52 AM

AA Roadwatch is calling on the Government not to hit motorists with unrealistic car and fuel taxl hikes in next month's budget.

Reports today have claimed that drivers could be facing up to a 63% increase in road tax and an additional 4c per litre of petrol.

According to today's Sunday Times, the Government plan to increase motor tax by 5% generally, but greener and more efficient cars face a steeper increase.

Conor Faughnan of AA Roadwatch said these increases won't work.

"On paper it's a mechanism for pulling in more money, but if you up car tax and the cost of fuel you… up the cost of living for every family in the country.

"That money doesn't magically get created and given to Government, it gets taken from somewhere else, and spend elsewhere in the economy is reduced.

"You can't keep pushing up the cost for car users in the expectation of more money - you just depress the economy and you take money out of people's pockets."

Tax for band A cars will go up to €254170. The rest will increase by smaller amounts.

Well, who didn't see that coming??? :rolleyes:

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