Don't these EU meddlers ever give up?

[d000hg]

I thought the point was that unlike "rates" it was based on the size of the house rather than the value, and bigger houses cost more because they use more bins and roads because they hold more people.

Either it's not, or it's even more badly done because the sizeable 4-bedroom house we own in chav-town is band A. Council tax bands are based on the value a few decades ago - or "calculated" [guessed] value if it was built since then.

So perhaps a much fairer system would be to have a tax based on the number of people? I wonder if anybody has thought of that?

Well you already get a 25% discount for single adult occupancy. Charging more for children would directly contradict the tax system and relatively few houses have more than 2 adults... and charging more when an adult child lives at home because they can't afford property also seems rather counter-productive!

[xoggoth]

But is this case? There is no VAT on houses, but VAT on holidays and parties

The holidays and parties will have been subject to VAT or other taxes

Moderator. Please ban these two for daring to suggest there may be flaws in the xoggoth logic. Obviously this merely proves my brilliant point that any cross subsidy needs to be much more transparent.

[speling bee]

Moderator. Please ban these two for daring to suggest there may be flaws in the xoggoth logic. Obviously this merely proves my brilliant point that any cross subsidy needs to be much more transparent.

You're performing as expected so not to worry.