Motorcylce Tax Petition

Motorcycling
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Nicked from Ninjas site, but should do something about this…

Changes to the law mean cars emitting less than 100g of CO2 per kilometre travelled would be exempt from paying Vehicle Excise Duty (road tax), while motorcycles are still required to pay.

This was outlined by your Chancellor Alistair Darling in his first budget last week, under the auspices of rewarding motorists for driving ‘green’ vehicles.

Despite Darling’s aim, the rate of road tax paid by motorcyclists is set to double in 2009, with the annual charge for a typical 125cc commuter bike set to grow from £15 per year at present, to £33 in 2009.

This makes a nonsense of the revised rates of vehicle excise duty, as motorcycles tend to emit less CO2 and use less fuel than cars, with the average CO2 output from motorcycles at 110g/km.

So why do those who ride greener two wheeled vehicles, use less road space and do not contribute to congestion get penalised whilst 4 wheel motorist whose vehicles use under 100g/km are exempt from road tax … makes a mockery of your plans

Go to this web site to sign the petition - then pass it round.

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/motorcycle-tax/

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Groundhog Day!

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They are f****d and they know it. You can guarantee they will try to load as many tax increases on people as possible as the government’s finances get worse and worse.

I wouldn’t be surprised if NI goes up in some way within a year or 2, or they extend VAT to childrens clothing.

Thing is its pretty pointless cos they don’t have a hope of winning the next election and it will only make people more aggrieved at the one after that in 2015! Brown will be long forgotten by then thankfully.