MadYaker wrote: » I agree I don't know why it isn't means tested, and I wish someone would explain the reasons for that. But my point was that this austerity was coming no matter what, thats what I meant when I said the government don't have many choices. Reading newspapers and this website and listening to the radio I really get the impression that a lot of people believe that there is some blissful alternative to austerity and government are just putting out budgets like this because they like to watch us squirm.
lugha wrote: » Think you might be better having a few rounds of handball against a hay stack instead of trying in instill a bit of reality around here MY. :cool: The Nile is in Egypt didn't you know? :pac:
tayto lover wrote: » Better results protesting outside their homes. They don't mind targeting ours.
lugha wrote: » Think you might be better having a few rounds of handball against a hay stack instead of trying in instill a bit of reality around here MY. The Nile is in Egypt didn't you know?
MadYaker wrote: » You're probably right. I surrender. Fu*k the government! It's all their fault! They are all evil assholes even though I voted for them because I'm so naive I believed all the rubbish they fed me before the last election. Now I'm off the read the daily mail and then ring joe duffy to complain about the increase in the price of cigarettes.
MadYaker wrote: » No I don't think we should decide elections on who can tell the biggest lie but when telling the truth about what you will be forced to do in government would ensure that you come last in the election what do you expect politicians to do? That sad reality was that it didn't matter who we voted for in the last election.
MadYaker wrote: » And the media of course are only too happy to fan the flames of hatred, anything that will sell them a few more newspapers.
tayto lover wrote: » Ah sure you'll get your auld Christmas Card from Enda no doubt for you're loyalty.
MadYaker wrote: » How predictable. I didn't vote in the last election because there wasn't even 1 candidate worth voting for. I knew FG and Labour would be exactly the same as Fianna Fail were, perhaps a little less corrupt. It was obvious that no matter who I voted for these austere budgets were coming, and since all Irish political parties are basically the same in terms of their ideologies I didn't see the point in voting so I didn't bother. If I could have voted against Sinn Fein without having to vote in favour of anyone I would have done that. But I do love how everyone who doesn't blindly join the angry mob gets labelled as a government supporter
MadYaker wrote: » Right..... It's impossible to have debate when you're either not reading / ignoring everything that is posted by people who don't agree with you.
tayto lover wrote: » And are people who jump into the river in Paris In-seine?
lugha wrote: » A ten year old could tell you that you cannot indefinitely spend more money that you earn.
Property tax dodgers will be "safe to assume" that Revenue will look at their income, said a source, adding: "Non-payment or late payment of income tax triggers a look at tax offences, which may result in an audit." The Revenue Commissioners are expected to use their Risk Evaluation Analysis and Profiling (REAP) for non-compliant taxpayers.
Vladimir Kurtains wrote: » Few bits of news on the Property Tax today. The Thonhill Report, which was commissioned to analyse the structure of the proposed tax was published:http://www.environ.ie/en/PublicationsDocuments/FileDownLoad,31669,en.Pdf Also, the Indo is reporting that, as with Income Tax, failure to pay the new Property Tax could lead to an audit:
Group is,however, concerned that the exemption provided for in the Household Charge legislation for discretionary trusts is a potential vehicle for tax avoidance. It would be relatively easy for a property owner to place the ownership of properties into a discretionary trust and for the trustees to rent the house back to the person setting up the trust, or to a family member, for a nominal or no rent. It is recommended that this exemption not be provided for the local property tax, or at the minimum, that it be restricted to trusts where the beneficiary lives in the house or apartment and is incapacitated.
Similar to the Revenue's policy on income tax dodgers, failure to pay the property tax will result in people running the risk of an audit.
Ghandee wrote: » How many PAYE workers will be worried about an audit Vlad? Seriously? More scare mongering.
DoesNotCompute wrote: » Council Tenants to pay property tax through an increase in their rents, making the Property Tax more equitable than the HHC Also, as I predicted, Revenue will audit your ass for refusing to pay. Time to pay up, lads. Don't want to end up like Mick Wally, now do we? ;-)
robbie7730 wrote: » Is that only applicable to the state, or people/households as well?
lugha wrote: » I would have thought it broadly applies, unless you can get yourself a sugar daddy? Do you disagree?
Both residential market value and SVT meet a number of important policy criteria. The arguments for SVT are outweighed by the likely difficulties in ensuring acceptance by taxpayers i.e. arriving at values that were evidence based, understandable and acceptable to the general public, and the wider difficulty in achieving a step change in how property is assessed and taxed.
