A fooking brilliant idea!

[shaunbhoy]

Well, we pay fuel duty AND VAT on petrol/diesel, so nothing to stop them taxing everything twice.

Tax it.
Then put a duty on it.
Then a levy on it.
And then a charge on it.

And you forgot to mention a Penalty if you don't cough up quickly enough.
It is only fair.

[Ravello]

"Before the election, the Lib Dems proposed a so-called "mansion tax" worth 1% on homes worth more than £2m."

The house I like costs £2.4 mln and by the time I can afford to buy it the price will go up to £24 mln if current money printing continues

By the time you can afford it Alexei it will have crumbled to dust - on the plus side you should be able to get a decent part-ex on your bedsit

[conned tractor]

Well, we pay fuel duty AND VAT on petrol/diesel, so nothing to stop them taxing everything twice.

Tax it.
Then put a duty on it.
Then a levy on it.
And then a charge on it.

You're paying VAT on the duty paid in that example.

[AtW]

It's being discussed now.

Eric Pickles reveals split in coalition over Lib Dems 'mansion tax' | Politics | The Guardian

"Before the election, the Lib Dems proposed a so-called "mansion tax" worth 1% on homes worth more than £2m."

The house I like costs £2.4 mln and by the time I can afford to buy it the price will go up to £24 mln if current money printing continues

[DimPrawn]

So a yearly tax paid on the value of your house, I have heard this somewhere before, oh thats right Council Tax

Well, we pay fuel duty AND VAT on petrol/diesel, so nothing to stop them taxing everything twice.

Tax it.
Then put a duty on it.
Then a levy on it.
And then a charge on it.

[PAH]

Luckily no capital gains tax on your main residence yet - only a matter of time.

I thought Stamp Duty had the same effect. If your property has risen in value by the time you sell it, so will the next property you buy.

I'd support a significant tax on empty properties and rarely used holiday homes. No need to build all over the green belt then.

Shame the people in govermin own so many themselves, they'll never agree to it.

[SimonMac]

So a yearly tax paid on the value of your house, I have heard this somewhere before, oh thats right Council Tax

[DimPrawn]

The article date is February 6, 2006...

It's being discussed now.

Eric Pickles reveals split in coalition over Lib Dems 'mansion tax' | Politics | The Guardian

[sasguru]

If they tried to tax me an extra £10K it would be time to leave the UK.
Luckily no capital gains tax on your main residence yet - only a matter of time.

[AtW]

The article date is February 6, 2006...

[DimPrawn]

Treasury adviser calls for property tax - Times Online

The more your house goes up, the more you pay!

And don't abolish the other taxes, just add this one on. We have a deficit to pay off.