Why is a Toilet Brush

Hootanany

Considered a Luxury item for Vat purposes?
Surly its an essential everyday item.

Dave0301

The luxury is not having to use your hands to get rid of skid marks.

fran17

wooooo! a toilet brush none the less

Pat Mustard

Hootanany wrote: »

Considered a Luxury item for Vat purposes?
Surly its an essential everyday item.

Ah sure they tax petrol at the luxury rate as well. Sense went out the window a long time ago.

shruikan2553

I just use an extra flush. Soon theyll be charging me for that too!

Hootanany

But you can avail of public transport if you want.

fussyonion

Toilet brushes are absolutely disgusting things. They harbour germs and shoite and sit there in filthy water. I can't understand the reasoning behind wanting a toilet brush.
A spritz of bathroom cleaner and you can get rid of any stain in your toilet.

Pat Mustard

Hootanany wrote: »

But you can avail of public transport if you want.

But still, even if I did travel by bus, should the bus company have to pay VAT on petrol at the luxury rate.

Hootanany

They claim it back
I am on about essential items being charged vat

Ficheall

I don't understand the point of toilet brushes either. Some people use them to try to push down particularly stubborn turds, which is just daft. They don't seem to feel the need to clean them thereafter either. If you've a blockage, fill a bucket of water and pour it into the toilet.

OneArt

Hootanany wrote: »

But you can avail of public transport if you want.

It's Ireland. Two buses a day doesn't count as public transport.

wazky

Hootanany wrote: »

But you can avail of public transport if you want.

Could you tell me how I can avail of such services?, the nearest bus stop to me is in the local town which is about 20-30 minutes by car away and even then the bus only turns up when it suits them.

catallus

It is considered a luxury item, OP, because they want us to all drown in the deluge of extravagant materialist consumerism! It is a plot by the elites to protect their hubris. You can't smell your own shit when you're on your knees! And even less so when they provide the means to clean the insidious aftermath of wanton gluttony! To the streets!

Pat Mustard

Hootanany wrote: »

They claim it back
I am on about essential items being charged vat

That is true. I agree with you. You have a point.

Hootanany

wazky wrote: »

Could you tell me how I can avail of such services?, the nearest bus stop to me is in the local town which is about 20-30 minutes by car away and even then the bus only turns up when it suits them.

Were on about Toilet brushes not buses

zetalambda

Dave0301 wrote: »

The luxury is not having to use your hands to get rid of skid marks.

I usually just sandblast the skid marks from the bowl with my piss. :pac:

kowloon

Regular VAT on protective clothing. 'We're committed to safety'.

Hootanany

Its bizare

Greenmachine

Plenty of more pressing items are charged the luxury VAT like condoms and motorcycle crash helmets. I am not sure about other motorcycle clothing.
Wow just realised a condom is kinda like a helmet too. Wonder what the taxman has against heads.

If a toilet brush is a luxury item, it must be a sought after gift. Mind you, tampons are luxuries as well in Ireland so I'm not surprised that toilet brushes are luxuries.

Treat yourself, buy a toilet brush.



No, doesn't do it for me.

Hootanany

We should be up in arms over this.

Tail Docker

Hootanany wrote: »

We should be up in arms over this.

Better than being up to our arms in it.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

As there is VAT on toilet paper there sure as heck should be on a toilet brush!

cerastes

zetalambda wrote: »

I usually just sandblast the skid marks from the bowl with my piss. :pac:

Sounds painful, might want to get that checked, handy for cleaning off the dried in skid marks and the enamel probably but not natural by any means.
Unless you mean jetwash, in which case might want to get that checked.

They're handy if there's anything remaining and no piss to wash it down with, dirty baxtards that leaves a stain on the bowl for someone else to clean up.
Get the ones with the black bristles, cant see the stains, soak it in bleach once a week, not meant to leave it till it can walk out on its own.

Hootanany

cerastes wrote: »

Sounds painful, might want to get that checked, handy for cleaning off the dried in skid marks and the enamel probably but not natural by any means.
Unless you mean jetwash, in which case might want to get that checked.

They're handy if there's anything remaining and no piss to wash it down with, dirty baxtards that leaves a stain on the bowl for someone else to clean up.
Get the ones with the black bristles, cant see the stains, soak it in bleach once a week, not meant to leave it till it can walk out on its own.

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kowloon

Greenmachine wrote: »

Plenty of more pressing items are charged the luxury VAT like condoms and motorcycle crash helmets. I am not sure about other motorcycle clothing.

VAT rate on PPE is the regular one afaik. People buying a cheap bike are never going to spend much on a helmet, but lumping VAT on top really doesn't put out much of a message from govt.

cerastes

Hootanany wrote: »

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we should be charged for it in our electricity bill or water bill or something, whether you use one or not, they are available and you might have one in your house, so yes I agree.

Hootanany

cerastes wrote: »

we should be charged for it in our electricity bill or water bill or something, whether you use one or not, they are available and you might have one in your house, so yes I agree.

To what?

looking_around

Hootanany wrote: »

But you can avail of public transport if you want.

hahahaha, you're joking right?

public transport is grand in the cities, outside and you're f/ucked.

Even where I am, can't count on the bus to get to uni. (doesnt get into the city until after 9- earliest bus), If that wasnt useless enough, if the bus is full you can get told "sorry wait for the next bus". (Which, this happens at least once a day here.)

having a car is not a luxury when you cant depend on public transport at all.

cerastes

Hootanany wrote: »

To what?

the toilet brush charge, its a luxury, we all need one or even more.
Even if you dont have one, you may get one, a broken one could be fixed, so yes just add it to the water bill or something.

Samsgirl

Ladies sanitary items are also taxed as luxury items....

FudgeBrownie

Hootanany wrote: »

Considered a Luxury item for Vat purposes?
Surly its an essential everyday item.

You brush your toilet everyday? Jesus, your toilet is better maintained than my teeth.

Arthur Beesley

Hootanany wrote: »

Considered a Luxury item for Vat purposes?
Surly its an essential everyday item.

I don't have one, nor do my parents. Does that make me poor or disadvantaged?

GY A1

there dirty things