Reply to: Why saguru sold his house.

[vetran]

Council house bands need revisiting. a £1M house pays a few hundred more than a £300K 3 bedroom in a dicey area down south.

But at least Mr Monaco or Mr Milk Carton might actually pay some UK tax under this system.

It might be worth revisiting all the subsidies it seems half of the rich are getting paid farming subsidies.

Of course within months all the serious money's houses will become charities or similar so they don't pay it.

[AtW]

I wonder - would Her Majesty be also forced to pay higher rate of tax?

If they use council tax bands then surely it would be fixed amount for any house over £X, thus people who are really wealthy like DimPrawn will pay pittance, not fair!!!

[DodgyAgent]

Vince Cable: Wealthy homeowners 'must pay their share' with mansion tax - Telegraph

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Tax what you earn, tax what you spend, tax what you buy, tax what you sell, even tax things for just existing.

Of course they are presuming that people who own valuable homes are cash rich enough to pay the extra tax.

[BrilloPad]

Hmmm, seems tempting trade 50% tax that affects more people than mansion tax that affects less, in the future though it would be harder to remove mansion tax and lib dems know it - they want that tax to be their legacy.

About time they got something right.

[hyperD]

Tax on breathing as well, don't forget. We all laughed it wouldn't happen, and now it has.

[AtW]

Hmmm, seems tempting trade 50% tax that affects more people than mansion tax that affects less, in the future though it would be harder to remove mansion tax and lib dems know it - they want that tax to be their legacy.

[doodab]

How about a soap tax? Then the soap dodgers would be tax dodgers and they'd have to think twice before sounding off.

[ThomasSoerensen]

Something like the German "solidarity surcharge" would be perfect. Simply charge an extra 5% of the tax you're already charging.

Ah yes - how about a beloved new "EURO solidarity surcharge".

That would be very very popular I recon.

[doodab]

Don't forget the beauty of taxes on taxes - VAT on petrol at the filling station is a tax on the base price + the fuel tax.

Can the dear politicians not come up with the next level of meta tax? Are they really that short on creativity?

Something like the German "solidarity surcharge" would be perfect. Simply charge an extra 5% of the tax you're already charging.

[ThomasSoerensen]

Don't forget the beauty of taxes on taxes - VAT on petrol at the filling station is a tax on the base price + the fuel tax.

Can the dear politicians not come up with the next level of meta tax? Are they really that short on creativity?

[DimPrawn]

Heretic. House prices don't go down you fool!

Indeed. A new BoE service. You ring them up and tell them how much you want your house to increase in value and they print the money and courier it to you in a big box.

[doodab]

Will they get a rebate if the value of their house goes down?

Heretic. House prices don't go down you fool!

[DimPrawn]

And of course for dying

They've missed a "being born" tax. The midwife could collect it on delivery.

[Troll]

Vince Cable: Wealthy homeowners 'must pay their share' with mansion tax - Telegraph

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even tax things for just existing.

And of course for dying

[Spacecadet]

Vince Cable: Wealthy homeowners 'must pay their share' with mansion tax - Telegraph

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Tax what you earn, tax what you spend, tax what you buy, tax what you sell, even tax things for just existing.

Will they get a rebate if the value of their house goes down?