From: NM on 25 Jun 2010 21:00 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?
From: Nick Finnigan on 26 Jun 2010 04:43 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'.
From: NM on 26 Jun 2010 05:38 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.
From: Nick Finnigan on 26 Jun 2010 06:13 NM wrote: > > 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 Remind us of the Dutch system for buying a car would you?
From: Silk on 26 Jun 2010 06:16
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"? |