Our government is trying to bring in a "property" tax called the "household charge" starting off next year at 100 euro. This will at the very least TRIPLE the following year and likely to TRIPLE again over the following 2 years. The money is supposed to go for local services ( even though we are the most taxed state in the EU). In 2004, I paid 11,600 euro "for services which MAY be provided in the future" in order to gain planning permission for our house. This was in addition to the 6000 euro I paid in "stamp duty" (Stamp duty is charged on the instruments used in the transfer of property, in other words, the conveyance documents that transfer ownership of the
property) ON TOP of the Vat @21% when buying the site.
I pay 360 euro a year to get my bins collected. I paid 2000 euro to get connected to a private group water scheme ( 400 annually). I paid 2000 euro to get connected to our electricity grid. I pay 250 euro annually to get my septic tank emptied. School transport for Eoghan will cost 350 euro next year. School books will be in excess of 500 euro. ( not to mention uniforms, copies, sports kits etc ). His secondary school are looking for a "voluntary" contribution of 250 euro. GP costs 50 euro per visit. A perscription costs 10 euro. And we have to pay for any medicines up to a limit of 132 euro per month (kind of them innit
). The only new thing our village has got in the last 10 years is a new playground and guess what, the funds were raised entirely by donations and fund raising locally)
Now they want us to register for this new tax before the end of this month. Unfeckinbelievable!. If I have to serve time because of this I will. The govermnment are threatening to prosecute a few people in each area to show they mean business. Well, they can have my name and address no problem. Give me my day in court. I'll shout all the way to the holding cells. They are trying to force this through no matter what, even apparently resorting to taking money directly from bank accounts
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property) ON TOP of the Vat @21% when buying the site.
I pay 360 euro a year to get my bins collected. I paid 2000 euro to get connected to a private group water scheme ( 400 annually). I paid 2000 euro to get connected to our electricity grid. I pay 250 euro annually to get my septic tank emptied. School transport for Eoghan will cost 350 euro next year. School books will be in excess of 500 euro. ( not to mention uniforms, copies, sports kits etc ). His secondary school are looking for a "voluntary" contribution of 250 euro. GP costs 50 euro per visit. A perscription costs 10 euro. And we have to pay for any medicines up to a limit of 132 euro per month (kind of them innit
). The only new thing our village has got in the last 10 years is a new playground and guess what, the funds were raised entirely by donations and fund raising locally)Now they want us to register for this new tax before the end of this month. Unfeckinbelievable!. If I have to serve time because of this I will. The govermnment are threatening to prosecute a few people in each area to show they mean business. Well, they can have my name and address no problem. Give me my day in court. I'll shout all the way to the holding cells. They are trying to force this through no matter what, even apparently resorting to taking money directly from bank accounts
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