Rant: Council tax
Okay, every year I get some kind of problem with the council tax. Last year they lost hundreds of pounds, this year it’s random requests for small amounts of money that we don’t owe them. Frankly I’m sick of it. Solution: scrap local council tax collection. Replace it with additional address linked income tax administered through the existing national system.
Benefits:
- Fewer (inept local council) tax collectors which has got be more efficient.
- Low income households and pensioners pay less.
- Encourages high income businesses to move to areas of lower income tax which could be used to redress the North-South divide.
- I’m a lot happier (this is in reverse order of importance obviously).
Obviously there are going to be unfairnesses with this system but the current regime isn’t exactly Robin Hood. Vive la Révolution!