EddScott

LIT - £732

CT - £666

Ah, perhaps not then. Cheers for pointing that out OllyK.

Pembrokeshire taxation is pretty low compared to the rest of the UK.

stevem2k

LIT 2086

CT 1600 ( last year )


Liberal controlled council in Kingston

Nexuas

So your household income is IRO 60K....

OllyK

And your point would be....

MarkO

I think his point is that if you're earning over twice the average earnings, then £1600 isn't an unreasonable tax.

ChrisB

No thanks Pete - I'll stay oop Norf where life is better

pslewis

It is better except you get your cars nicked and houses busted into!

Pete

MarkO

How many people here have their water rates & sewerage included in their council tax? Some people do, some don't, which can make the figures look over- or under-inflated.

Our figure doesn't include sewerage or water rates - but that's 'cos we get our water from a natural spring, and have a septic tank.

Doc

No offence but what planet do you live on? Of course £1600 is unreasonable. He is already paying over 40% top rate tax (now the ceiling on National Insurance has been scrapped).
Where is the incentive to work harder and earn more?
My council tax has gone up by 40% and what really gets me is the council saying its only 5.6% because they are ignoring the rebanding.
The bands are based on property value on 1/4/03. If the council can find someone who is willing to pay that much for my house they can have it (and prices in my area have not fallen)
I can guarantee my salary won't rise by 40% this year and I'll bet all my council tax that the holes in the road outside wont get any more than a quick spray of tarmac from the back of a lorry which will last all of 5 minutes.

If I buy food in Tescos I pay the same as everyone else whatever their salary. Why should council services be any different. I'm already penalised by the tax and National Insurance system for bothering to get off my *** and get a decent job.

Rant over.

Lum

My council tax has gone up 5% which is double the alleged rate of inflation IIRC, and what has this gotten me?

Still pot holes in my road, getting worse,
speed bumps on my majour route. I swear, one day I'm going to get an impresa-style bodyshell welded onto an ambulance chassis, **** you speed bumps.
Police still dont do anything useful.
I can't comment of fire, ambulance or education as I've not used these services.

I wish tax could be democritised so that, for example, only the people who wanted the speed bumps paid for them.

MarkO

I live on the same planet as everyone else. In the last 8 years my income has ranged from more than £12k per month to less than £9k per annum, so I know what it's like at both ends of the scale. I've had council tax bills ranging from £2k to £700.

Fact is, if your household income is £60k+, then £1600 is ****-all (£130/month out of £2.5k+ net). In terms of income percentages, I'd rather have a £2k council tax bill and earn £60k than have a £700 council tax bill and earn £25k.....
LMAO. What planet are you on? You make it sound like it's such a hardship to have a good job and therefore pay a fair bit of tax. Your tax bills are a damned sight lower than in many countries in the world with an equivalent standard of living.

Your point about value for money of council tax is definitely valid, but it's totally unrelated to your earnings. Whether your council tax bill is £2k or £200, and whether your earnings are £10k or £100k, the fact is that most places have ****e services given the amount we pay.....