TAX on LEVY TAX

Bogjumper

Good day.

In the back of my mind has always been the idea that Tax on a Tax is not lawful. Maybe this applied to another country and not to Ireland and as I am of the elder generation may be getting the countries mixed up. But I still think its inherently unfair for a government to do this. Any information or thoughts ??
Recently Electric Ireland put their rates up by 13.5% but claimed it was only 1.7%. At least thats what I worked out from the document I received. My maths may not be the best but I have asked them 3 times to expain and they have fobbed me off each time which leads me to conclude I am right.
But a separate issue is the Levy Tax which also rises by 13.5% which in itself is unreasonable in this day and age. But to TaX people upon that Levy Tax is even more unreasonable to my mind. Comments please.

allthedoyles

In my opinion , it is unreasonable and unfair . But it is lawful.

Just look at the recent carbon tax on coal , you pay this carbon tax and on top of that you pay vat 13.5%

It is simply another way of the Government keeping the vat rates low and then adding a levy .