Budget tuesday !!!

older by the day

Forgot all about it. Should I fill the tractor diesel tank, what else

Anything the Green Party dislike.

Fine Day

older by the day wrote: »

Forgot all about it. Should I fill the tractor diesel tank, what else

Yes will go a few cent. Home heating oil not expected to be touched for now. What was said on news tonight.

farawaygrass

Is it this Tuesday coming, the 13th?

alps

older by the day wrote: »

Forgot all about it. Should I fill the tractor diesel tank, what else

The Carbon tax has been set in train. It will rise on an annual basis up to 2030, at which point it will be a serious bill.

There is no new decision to be made on this.

It's going to be a bit like the frog in the boiling water.

ruwithme

I'm hoping they bang a big tax on car,truck and van tyres. I think if tyres were dearer it would slow some down. A lot of speeding on our roads.local roads in particular are pretty bad with it. Speeding equals many things,but you will soon ate the tyres of a yoke with it too.

Say my name

I'm hoping they give a tax holiday for one year to the self employed because of Covid disruption.

Say my name

Say my name wrote: »

I'm hoping they give a tax holiday for one year to the self employed because of Covid disruption.

A tax holiday for us all would be nice. Us paye workers who can't loose our jobs were disrupted too..

Fine Day

ruwithme wrote: »

I'm hoping they bang a big tax on car,truck and van tyres. I think if tyres were dearer it would slow some down. A lot of speeding on our roads.local roads in particular are pretty bad with it. Speeding equals many things,but you will soon ate the tyres of a yoke with it too.

Not a chance that will slow people down. Compare to a box of fags that has not stopped many people from smoking. I live on small country road, the road had a bad surface on it upto a few years ago until it got a good resurfacing. To see the difference in the traffic speed after was crazy. Narrow roads with cars hitting 100km at times. Only way to slow traffic is poor road surfaces/speed ramps or else speed cameras unfortunately.

Buford T. Justice XIX

Might be of interest to some?
https://twitter.com/ifac_ireland/status/1315577364454215680?s=19

jntsnk

Say my name wrote: »

I'm hoping they give a tax holiday for one year to the self employed because of Covid disruption.

Yes, delay preliminary tax payment until 2021 would be a good idea

LawBoy2018

What time will it be published at do you guys think??

jntsnk

jntsnk wrote: »

Yes, delay preliminary tax payment until 2021 would be a good idea

Only for the PAYE worker ...where would the money for your farm subsidies come from:rolleyes:

BENDYBINN

SouthWesterly wrote: »

Only for the PAYE worker ...where would the money for your farm subsidies come from:rolleyes:

Only for the farmer...where would your below cost food come from?

JeffKenna

SouthWesterly wrote: »

Only for the PAYE worker ...where would the money for your farm subsidies come from:rolleyes:

Only for the tax we pay where would the money for your civil service job come from:rolleyes:

selectamatic

ruwithme wrote: »

I'm hoping they bang a big tax on car,truck and van tyres. I think if tyres were dearer it would slow some down. A lot of speeding on our roads.local roads in particular are pretty bad with it. Speeding equals many things,but you will soon ate the tyres of a yoke with it too.

That would drive the masses even further into the embrace of the cheapest chinese tyres they could find and be counter productive towards safety.

I'm no brand snob either some of them are actually pretty decent but quite a few of them are cruel bad.

Reggie.

Talking of the motorist getting hammered

BENDYBINN

BENDYBINN wrote: »

Only for the farmer...where would your below cost food come from?

From my half acre vegetable garden
I don't bill myself for the hours spent on it

Birdnuts

Reggie. wrote: »

Talking of the motorist getting hammered

Yep, more Carbon tax nonsense thanx to the Green clowns - and I guarantee you not one extra penny will be spent on anything that might actually improve or protect natural heritage in this country:mad:

_Brian

Birdnuts wrote: »

Yep, more Carbon tax nonsense thanx to the Green clowns - and I guarantee you not one extra penny will be spent on anything that might actually improve or protect natural heritage in this country:mad:

It’s just a disproportionate punishment on rural people because we have no alternatives.

The greens should be something rural people are happy to support. Not just a party for the D4 elitist to vote for to ease their conscience 🙄

Birdnuts

_Brian wrote: »

It’s just a disproportionate punishment on rural people because we have no alternatives.

The greens should be something rural people are happy to support. Not just a party for the D4 elitist to vote for to ease their conscience 🙄

The Carbon tax is also anti-poor people - between that and the massive jump in the PSO levy this winter, energy poverty is going to become an ever bigger problem in this country:(

ruwithme

selectamatic wrote: »

That would drive the masses even further into the embrace of the cheapest chinese tyres they could find and be counter productive towards safety.

I'm no brand snob either some of them are actually pretty decent but quite a few of them are cruel bad.

At least a tyre tax would be more user pays as opposed to road tax and insurance premiums were someone pays the same for both as someone else who maybe doing multiples more mileage annually.

Nothing ever works when it ain't even tried

Green farmer

Reggie. wrote: »

Talking of the motorist getting hammered

Like many farmers I've an old diesal saloon car. Hope they dont increase the road tax on her. Cannt really see myself changing over to an electric any time soon. For starters, how do you tow a trailer full of sheep behind a electric car ? Mart is 60kms away and factory 120kms . Be a while before an affordable electric car with a strong towing capacity, along with a battery that a trailer wont drain becomes available.

9935452

ruwithme wrote: »

At least a tyre tax would be more user pays as opposed to road tax and insurance premiums were someone pays the same for both as someone else who maybe doing multiples more mileage annually.

Nothing ever works when it ain't even tried

Whats road tax ?

Green farmer

Green farmer wrote: »

Like many farmers I've an old diesal saloon car. Hope they dont increase the road tax on her. Cannt really see myself changing over to an electric any time soon. For starters, how do you tow a trailer full of sheep behind a electric car ? Mart is 60kms away and factory 120kms . Be a while before an affordable electric car with a strong towing capacity, along with a battery that a trailer wont drain becomes available.

I have a van, to tow the trailer and handy for picking stuff up. So I looked into electric models and besides the eye watering price, there was two battery choices. The first was one battery with a fairly useless range. But there was a second model with two batteries, only the load capacity and presumably the towing capacity was reduced to nearly half due to the extra battery weight. Some ****ing point to that :rolleyes:

I have never believed electric vehicles given current (pardon the pun) technology are the answer.

Green farmer

[Deleted User] wrote: »

But there was a second model with two batteries, only the load capacity and presumably the towing capacity was reduced to nearly half due to the extra battery weight. Some ****ing point to that :rolleyes:

I have never believed electric vehicles given current (pardon the pun) technology are the answer.

Electric vehicles will probably get there in the end, but their years and years away from them making sense for a small farmer.

9935452

9935452 wrote: »

Whats road tax ?

It's the one for bicycles with engines

endainoz

Green farmer wrote: »

Electric vehicles will probably get there in the end, but their years and years away from them making sense for a small farmer.

I think they are a long ways off yet for something like a van with a hitch. Small electric cars in cities seems to be taking off alright, but of course they have plenty of charge points and don't have to pull trailers around the place.

Can't see much for farmers in this budget. We've have promises of the carbon tax money being "ring fenced" for environmental schemes. I'll believe it when I see it unfortunately.

NcdJd

50 cent extra on a box of fags, feck sake I'll have to find another way to unwind.

blue5000

Birdnuts wrote: »

Yep, more Carbon tax nonsense thanx to the Green clowns - and I guarantee you not one extra penny will be spent on anything that might actually improve or protect natural heritage in this country:mad:

I think car tax going up €50 on older cars. Some have the same engines as the later 07 ? cars with lower tax. :rolleyes: We'll have to appeal to the European court. The most carbon friendly car is the one you already have, not the brand new one.

Reggie.

NcdJd wrote: »

50 cent extra on a box of fags, feck sake I'll have to find another way to unwind.

Try heroin

whelan2

5 euro extra on children's allowance for kids over 12, 2 euro for kids under 12.

Reggie.

whelan2 wrote: »

5 euro extra on children's allowance for kids over 12, 2 euro for kids under 12.

May make my 2 grow quicker

whelan2

NcdJd wrote: »

50 cent extra on a box of fags, feck sake I'll have to find another way to unwind.

Daughter is working in the local shop this evening, will be people stocking up before midnight

whelan2

Reggie. wrote: »

May make my 2 grow quicker

I think 2 and 5 euro is an insult

NcdJd

Reggie. wrote: »

Try heroin

No thank you.

Reggie.

whelan2 wrote: »

I think 2 and 5 euro is an insult

Agreed. Considering the pay rise they gave themselves

tayto lover

The man who gets up early to drive to work received yet another kick in the balls.

NcdJd

whelan2 wrote: »

Daughter is working in the local shop this evening, will be people stocking up before midnight

Have already stocked up but I @ 14 euros a pop I'll have consider packing them in, which is probably a good thing

duffysfarm

How can they lable the flat rate vat increase as a positive for farming? If the rate increases it doesnt mean the factories are going to pay any more for sheep or cattle?

wrangler

duffysfarm wrote: »

How can they lable the flat rate vat increase as a positive for farming? If the rate increases it doesnt mean the factories are going to pay any more for sheep or cattle?

The flat rate vat refund amount is based on a rolling formula, it can go up as well as down, the government doesn't decide the amount.
As for who benefits, it's better to have it anyway

whelan2

whelan2 wrote: »

Daughter is working in the local shop this evening, will be people stocking up before midnight

People were buying sleeves of cigarettes she said

NcdJd

whelan2 wrote: »

People were buying sleeves of cigarettes she said

Very popular vegetable

Sugarbowl

Anything specific mentioned for young farmers? Will current scheme carry on?

kk.man

whelan2 wrote: »

People were buying sleeves of cigarettes she said

Just goes to show there is plenty of money out there.

kerryjack

Still can't figure out has motor tax gone up.

ganmo

Was there anything good for farmers yesterday?

893bet

ganmo wrote: »

Was there anything good for farmers yesterday?

Self employed tax credit change?

whelan2

kk.man wrote: »

Just goes to show there is plenty of money out there.

A friend of mine who smokes 50 a day and has had stomach cancer, said it wouldn't matter if they went up 5 euro a packet, you will find the money for them

whelan2

Young lad said something about college students getting 250 euro each. I assume this is towards a laptop for remote learning?

tanko

ganmo wrote: »

Was there anything good for farmers yesterday?

Looks like GLAS, BDGP, BEEP, ANC and TAMS are continuing until a new CAP is agreed.