Compound tax
I had a little ponder last night.
Just how many taxes am I supposed to pay or could be liable for?
I started a list.
- Airline surcharge tax
- Airline Fuel Tax
- Airport Maintenance Tax
- Broadcasting Charge [tax]
- Building Permit Tax
- Capital Gains Tax
- Corporate Income Tax
- Death Duty Tax
- Dog Licence [tax]
- Domestic Oil Tax
- Driving Licence Tax
- Environmental Tax
- Fishing License Tax
- Food License Tax
- Goods and Services Tax
- Health Tax
- Income Tax
- Inheritance Tax
- Interest Tax
- Liquor Tax
- Luxury Taxes
- Marriage License Tax
- National Car Test [as recommended by Perfidious Albion]
- Personal Income Tax
- Petrol Tax
- Property Tax
- Prescription Drug Tax
- Recreational Vehicle Tax
- Retail Sales Tax
- Road Fund Licence [tax]
- Service Charge Tax
- Septic Tank Tax
- Stamp Duty [tax]
- Telephone Tax
- Tobacco Excise Duty [tax]
- Value Added Tax
- Vehicle License Registration Tax
- Vehicle Sales Tax
- Water Tax
- Workers Compensation Tax
Have I left any out?
Just about every one of these taxes is cumulative. A sort of compound tax.
For example I am to pay a Broadcast Tax to watch television on a set that I paid VAT on [and an Environmental Tax], which is powered by electricity with is taxed [VAT and Environmental Tax] and the money I use to pay all these taxes has already been taxed [Income Tax and all the other little taxes they apply to income these days].
If I drive a car I have to pay Vehicle Sales Tax, Vehicle Licence Tax, Registration Tax, Driving Licence [tax] plus VAT on all of those in order to get the damn thing out of the sales shop. Then I have to continue to pay Road Fund Licence, Driving Licence, Fuel Excise and VAT on top of all of those, again paid with income which has already been heavily taxed.
And what do I get in return for these taxes?
For some, I get sweet fuck all. For others I get “permission” to use something I already own.
Makes you think, huh?
Recreational vehicle? Is that the barmaid down the pub?
Nah! Hers is undeclared income. Under the counter, as it were. Heh!
You forgot compulsory N.C.T. when your vehicle is a certain age !!
I didn't forget it, but wasn't sure whether to include it as there are some marginal benefits – it's handy to have the old banger checked from time to time [and that goes for the car too].
On second thoughts, it's grossly overpriced so yup – I'm adding it to the list above. 🙂
it just makes me very very sad
Sad, mad and more than a little bit had!
If this shit wasn't bad enough, just think what our betters do with all this tax…… Complete and utter useless greedy bastards, the lot of em.
Apart from spending it on themselves, their friends and relations, German bankers and the EU, you mean?
When can we have the revolution? I have plenty of rope available…..
I've been waiting since 2008…..
USC tax, PRSI Tax, RSI tax, Quinn Insurance Bail out Levy tax, DIRT tax, Betting tax tax, Carbon taxes tax, Bank charges by effectively nationalised banks tax…. there's probably loads more !
You missed out the List Tax.
Pay up! You've exceeded your allowance.
… and some executives get that money and joke singing "Deutschland, Deutschland uber alles…." …
Wasn't there something about a television tax as well? Or is that still in the works?
That's their fucking "Broadcasting Charge" in the list above. It's just another stealth tax.