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Road Tax Distortions
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Monday November 29, 2010 13:16 by Patrick Connolly - None

In releases giving to the media on the 28th of November, in which Road Tax was discussed,
Minister Brian Dempsey's tone suggested that the Road Tax exemption, that allows people to take their car off the road, was being used willy - nilly by people who had left the country for a period of time and then returned to start re-using the vehicle.
This is a pure distortion of the facts, if not a complete lie, and has to be challenged, even if is only for the sake of correction.
Road Tax Exemption: Distortion of facts
In releases giving to the media on the 28th of November, in which Road Tax was discussed,
Minister Brian Dempsey's tone suggested that the Road Tax exemption, that allows people to take their car off the road, was being used willy - nilly by people who had left the country for a period of time and then returned to start re-using the vehicle.
This is a pure distortion of the facts, if not a complete lie, and has to be challenged, even if is only for the sake of correction.
Example: I was involved in an accident in 2009 that left me disabled, as a car driver I was no longer able to use my vehicle due the damaged sustained by my legs. That was until my family kindly saved up enough money in order to have the car adapted for hand controls.
For the period that they were saving for the conversion I had taking the car off the road and had so declared this fact to the Motor Tax Office. Eventually when the car was converted and ready for the road the vehicle was taxed in accordance with the law.
My case is just one example, there are many examples of people around Ireland who have been victim of similar bad luck and have had to use the exemption until they got back on their feet (literally in my case).
There are also the people who have lost their jobs and whose vehicles and now surplus to requirements because of the downturn.
Genuine people who have to watch their vehicles sitting idle outside their overpriced homes and closed down businesses doing nothing through no fault of their own.
Its people like these, that have tried their best , who will now be caught between a rock and a hard place, their livelihoods are gone but the government wants them to keep paying for the fact they own a vehicle. If the exemption is removed it will now mean that people will be paying Road Tax not for its intended purpose, the use of a vehicle on the road, and the upkeep of same, but will in fact be paying Road Tax for the privilege of owning a vehicle. Much in the same manner that a person pays the Second Property Tax for the fact of owning the property, not living in it.
I will also mean that people will be forced to sell their vehicles at a knock down price in a saturated used vehicle market in order to avoid paying for vehicles they no longer use. Which has to be grossly and morally wrong, if not unconstitutional as regards the right to ownership of property.
Considering the governments track record of inflicting financial pain from the bottom up, its no real surprise that the very exemption that the ordinary working class people in Ireland can avail of, is one of the very first the government decide to target.
Like their saleries, the government has not mentioned cutting any of the tax exemptions enjoyed by the wealthier sections of society in Ireland. I suppose that would be to close to home to contemplate.
Patrick Connolly
Monaghan
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Jump To Comment: 1 2Well we can say goodnight to the classic car clubs for starters.
Alot of people spent hard earned cash buying 80s classics and put them in storage in some cases 4 or 5 of them lancia integrale ford Capri brooklands etc and will be facing huge arrears on them .unfair and disastrous
this is all pushed by the motor federation who want to force people to go out and buy their overpriced cars.what's VRT about?!
Bring in a SORN type system like in the Uk and fine up to a1000 euro if u are caught rather than this codology
like everything else it will fly through
why can you be penalised for having cars that are NOT on the roads ?!
First off ,a name change,ROAD TAX,means it implies I am using a vechicle on a public road.Why should we pay tax for somthing that I /we are not using??
Be intresting to see how they will sort out vechicles that have been long since converted into somthing else,like chicken coops,dog houses,barriers in hedges etc by our thrifty agricultural folk.
Not to mind every other EU country has this advantage for the motorist and a very simple way of telling wether your car is taxed or not.The local council or motor dept issues your liscense plates with the tax disc on the plate.Dont want to use the car for whatever period..No problem..Simply drop the plates back to the council office.When you want the car again,apply for the plates and if there was any back tax due pay then and there.Simple really.But too simple no doubt for this bunch of clowns.