Thinktank says an ‘SUV loophole’ means UK buyers pay up to 20 times less tax on biggest models than in neighbouring nations
  • waz@feddit.ukEnglish
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    27 days ago

    More sloppy reporting from the guardian, at least proof read the work. Tax £66,610 on an £85,000 vehicle? 3 times as much as the cost in the uk of £3200? I think someone put another 0 on that, and they still managed to publish it.

    • HermitBee@feddit.ukEnglish
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      27 days ago

      I’m not sure what the mistake is? France charge a £50k premium, so £66k tax doesn’t sound unreasonable.

      It doesn’t say that that £66k is 3 times the cost, it says there are 13 countries which have a greater acquisition tax than 3x the UK rate. As far as I can see, it doesn’t mention the relative costs between the UK and France.

      • waz@feddit.ukEnglish
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        27 days ago

        If it’s mean to be a single digit multiple of the uk tax, at 3k, then it can’t be 66k

  • Fedegenerate@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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    27 days ago

    SUVs the jack of no trades and master of fewer. They’re such a strange concept, forgo the ease of a hatchback, the space of an estate, the performance of a sports car, the utility of a 4x4 and in return you get to kill more kids when you hit them.

    I’m clearly not the target market with my '05 Civic that, because I live fairly rural, I put winter tires on. But, I don’t understand what I’m missing. The wealthier around me are all in them, the rest of us are in hatchbacks and estates.

    • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
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      27 days ago

      A lot of them are basically estates these days. The names have all become mixed up to the point of being effectively meaningless.