Internet tax

kowloon

catallus wrote: »

If it reduces the amount of tripe on the internet then it can't be a bad thing.

I take it that's your €0.02.

I'll get my coat...

Paco Rodriguez

Paco Rodriguez wrote: »

http://m.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29783253

Thousands of protesters take to the streets in Budapest at the proposed introduction of an Internet tax.

Might be a nice little number for the government here. Would people support it do you think? There sure as he'll wouldn't be thousands on the streets about it anyway.

Ah here, we're paying taxes on absolutely fúcking everything and here we are trying to come up with more taxes. Are you insane? :mad: We are already paying VAT on services sure as well as the impending Broadcasting charge. Phil Hogan, kindly get off Boards please!

Guy:Incognito

UCDVet wrote: »

IT IS NOT LIKE THE INTERNET IS FREE! WE HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. DUH!

Oh well. I can safely say I will not be paying this broadcasting nonsense. I might be alone in my protect, and I don't expect anyone else to care, but this death by a thousand paper-cuts is too much for me.

Would you rather have ~20% of 40 or ~25% of 0?

You can use the money your saving by not having to pay the TV licence anymore. Everyone's a winner :-)

Lalealea

Paco Rodriguez wrote: »

http://m.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29783253

Thousands of protesters take to the streets in Budapest at the proposed introduction of an Internet tax.

Might be a nice little number for the government here. Would people support it do you think? There sure as he'll wouldn't be thousands on the streets about it anyway.

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Ssh SHUT UP! :mad:

mopey

we already pay tax on our bill, tbh im waiting on the hair tax and a tax for not having hair, and lets not forget the beard/moustache levy

darkpagandeath

They could not introduce that here and maintain wanting to be the EUs hub for IT/Internet related companies.

Crann na Beatha

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Frank O. Pinion

My name is URL wrote: »

Do you run a business or just really like porn?

I go down to a bay to meet pirates. 1080p Blu-ray remux movies, 20GB+ files. 720p and 1080p episodes of TV series. A Blu-ray rip of a full season of The Walking Dead is 50GB+.

VinLieger

I will not be paying rabbittes internet tax that is designed for one purpose only to prop up the shambles that is RTE and continue it's ridiculous over payed culture. Marion Finucane does about 8 hours work a week and gets paid 295,000 for it.

I dont watch RTE apart for a couple of hours a year during rugby autumn internationsla and the 6 nations and i'm expected to pay €160 for that just cus I can access the Internet and might possibly stumble upon RTE.ie every once in a blue moon?

Egginacup

shruikan2553 wrote: »

Its a stupid idea but there are people on boards who would support anything from the government.

hear hear. When we start getting charged for the air we breathe they'll be out saying "look we had it good during the boom years and fcuked it up and now we have to pay. Get over it. Why should oxygen be free???"

Fr. Ned

VinLieger wrote: »

I will not be paying rabbittes internet tax that is designed for one purpose only to prop up the shambles that is RTE and continue it's ridiculous over payed culture. Marion Finucane does about 8 hours work a week and gets paid 295,000 for it.

Are you proposing to break the law and not pay a legal tax/charge brought in by this government???

darkpagandeath

Fr. Ned wrote: »

Are you proposing to break the law and not pay a legal tax/charge brought in by this government???

If they want to fund RTE make it a subscription service. People already pay for sky or upc which have to give RTE money to re broadcast there content so your effectively being taxed twice.

munchkin_utd

darkpagandeath wrote: »

If they want to fund RTE make it a subscription service. People already pay for sky or upc which have to give RTE money to re broadcast there content so your effectively being taxed twice.

well.......

what DO you want?

Proper high income tax, or low income tax plus a load of indirect taxes (like is the case currently)?

Mr. CooL ICE

With the amount that I download and stream, being taxed at those rates would mean I wouldn’t have any money left for food. You could say that I would be…

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Squeedily Spooch

Fr. Ned wrote: »

Are you proposing to break the law and not pay a legal tax/charge brought in by this government???

Yes. I've never paid a cent towards the tv licence as I'm not paying for a service I don't use. The broadcast charge is just to line RTE's pockets, nothing more.

Fr. Ned

Squeedily Spooch wrote: »

Yes. I've never paid a cent towards the tv licence as I'm not paying for a service I don't use. The broadcast charge is just to line RTE's pockets, nothing more.

I'm with you there all the way.
I was replying to a poster though who is on the water charges threads slagging off people who are protesting and telling them to obey the laws of the land.
Must be only some laws though......

PopePalpatine

Oh look, it's Orban being a wanker again, and the only one here stating their support of him has a history of trolling.

VinLieger

munchkin_utd wrote: »

well.......

what DO you want?

Proper high income tax, or low income tax plus a load of indirect taxes (like is the case currently)?

I want to not be taxed for a luxury service that I don't use. Tax me for whatever neccessary services you want that contribute and are neccessary for the day to day running of the country but I do not use RTE apart from maybe 10-12 hours a year so I won't be paying a tax to prop it up.

Give me a subscription option fair enough, I might consider it, but a mandatory across the board charge for it is ridiculous.

VinLieger

Fr. Ned wrote: »

I'm with you there all the way.
I was replying to a poster though who is on the water charges threads slagging off people who are protesting and telling them to obey the laws of the land.
Must be only some laws though......

You see I agree with paying for water, it is a vital service that everyone HAS to use to get through their life, and we should also pay for what we use, I don't use RTE therefore i shouldnt have to pay for it especially since it is what I would consider a luxury, would you call RTE as vital a service to the country as our water infrastructure?

darkpagandeath

VinLieger wrote: »

I want to not be taxed for a luxury service that I don't use. Tax me for whatever neccessary services you want that contribute and are neccessary for the day to day running of the country but I do not use RTE apart from maybe 10-12 hours a year so I won't be paying a tax to prop it up.

Give me a subscription option fair enough, I might consider it, but a mandatory across the board charge for it is ridiculous.

Now now we all know stuff like this does not go on in there, They need the sub to create quality programming.

http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/rte-racks-up-366k-bill-for-stars-wardrobes-30697900.html

Fr. Ned

VinLieger wrote: »

You see I agree with paying for water, it is a vital service that everyone HAS to use to get through their life, and we should also pay for what we use, I don't use RTE therefore i shouldnt have to pay for it especially since it is what I would consider a luxury, would you call RTE as vital a service to the country as our water infrastructure?

That's fair enough then.
We're allowed break the laws we don't like?
That seems to be your position.

VinLieger

Fr. Ned wrote: »

That's fair enough then.
We're allowed break the laws we don't like?
That seems to be your position.

Well it's yours isn't it? I don't think I ever said I disagreed with people not paying the water tax because they were breaking the law, I disagreed with them cus we need to pay for our water.

Most people actually break laws they don't like on a daily basis, speeding, alcohol, drugs, it's hardly something that is never heard of being done so I don't understand why you would be so shocked that I would think that.

Capt'n Midnight

Captain Chaos wrote: »

Did you not hear of the tax on tax tax??? You pay tax on everything at least 2 or 3 times.

VRT/VAT on cars is exactly that

catallus

Only freeloaders give out about paying tax.

Have some goddamned civic consciousness.

It's annoying to see such loud and mealy-mouthed intransigence from people who are so ignorant of their responsibilities that they don't even know their duties.

But you'll never hear the end of their demands for more more more.

VinLieger

catallus wrote: »

Only freeloaders give out about paying tax.

Have some goddamned civic consciousness.

It's annoying to see such loud and mealy-mouthed intransigence from people who are so ignorant of their responsibilities that they don't even know their duties.

But you'll never hear the end of their demands for more more more.

I already pay tax for my internet, and your argument about being civic minded is pretty clueless, this internet tax is not going to our hospitals, gardai, prisons, armed forces or schools it's going to subsidise a non essential luxury service that is one of the most uncompetitive and money wasting bodies in the state that already receives a huge chunk of revenue through advertising as it is but still manages to churn out absolute junk on a nightly basis

LoganRice

People get taxed enough, to be honest