From: Silk on 26 Jun 2010 06:21 On 26/06/2010 10:38, NM wrote: > On 26 June, 09:43, Nick Finnigan<n...(a)genie.co.uk> wrote: >> NM wrote: >>> On 24 June, 19:05, Nick Finnigan<n...(a)genie.co.uk> wrote: >>>> You get 30 days grace in England too (except in February). >>>> And you don't have to produce a lot of paperwork. >> >>> How? No prepayment = no tax disc. Unless it's changed and no body told >>> me. >> >> No prepayment, no new tax disk, no problem for 30 days. >> >>> You need to have paperwork unless it's a routine transaction with no >>> changes. >> >> You need a tiny 'new keeper' piece of paper to make a change, not 'a lot'. > > I don't understand why people here are defending the UK system, it's > archaeic, inflexible and a pain to use other than for straight > foreward transactions involving no changes, still if you like being > fucked around and paying up front then go for it, I know which system > I prefer. I don't understand how people can be so disorganised.
From: Silk on 26 Jun 2010 06:26 On 26/06/2010 02:00, NM wrote: > On 24 June, 14:03, Silk<m...(a)privacy.net> wrote: >> On 24/06/2010 14:01, Man at B&Q wrote: >> >>> On Jun 24, 11:53 am, Silk<m...(a)privacy.net> wrote: >> >>>> I don't like paying tax any more than anyone else. That's why I got a >>>> car in a lower band, so I only pay 35 quid a year. >> >>> SWMBOs has just gone down to �30! >> >> I haven't looked at the details of the budget yet. Mine may have also >> gone down. > > Don't you get a handout for running a Skoda? I get a handout from the company I work for, which effectively makes it free.
From: The Peeler on 26 Jun 2010 07:05 On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 11:16:52 +0100, Silk <me(a)privacy.net> wrote: >On 26/06/2010 01:59, NM wrote: >> On 24 June, 12:28, bod<bodro...(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote: >>> Silk wrote: >>>> On 24/06/2010 12:12, The Peeler wrote: >>>>> On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:53:36 +0100, Silk<m...(a)privacy.net> wrote: >>> >>>>>> I don't like paying tax any more than anyone else. That's why I got a >>>>>> car in a lower band, so I only pay 35 quid a year. If you can't afford >>>>>> 35 quid, you can't afford to maintain a car in good order. >>> >>>>> A cheap pikey car, you mean? >>> >>>> How we laughed. >>> >>> > >>> > >>> >>> Just paid mine...�245. >>> >>> Bod >> >> So did I, it was a real struggle to find zero in one lump. > >Does this mean you're "disabled"? Ahem. The correct expression for cripples is "differently abled".
From: Adrian on 26 Jun 2010 07:23 NM <nik.morgan(a)mac.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: > I don't understand why people here are defending the UK system, it's > archaeic, inflexible and a pain to use other than for straight foreward > transactions involving no changes, still if you like being fucked around > and paying up front then go for it, I know which system I prefer. You seem to be comparing to the Dutch system. Remind me how much car tax is in NL?
From: Silk on 26 Jun 2010 08:18
On 26/06/2010 12:05, The Peeler wrote: > Ahem. The correct expression for cripples is "differently abled". I think you'll find the correct expression for people on "disability" is liar. |