I had to shake my head

[mikeymack2002]

After reading from the faily mail today and reading that TV fees could be linked to the value of the property, this has got to be a joke surely? Here is a quote

 

 

"Will new TV licence fee be linked to the value of your house? Minister suggests levy could be paid along with council tax

 

 

o TV licence fee could be linked to value of person's house under new plans

o Culture Secretary John Whittingdale said levy may be paid with council tax

o At the moment everyone pays the same for TV licence - £145.50 a year

o But new proposal would see rich expected to contribute more than poor"

 

 

What am I going on about you may say so have a read here http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3228682/Minister-suggests-TV-licence-fee-levy-paid-council-tax.html

Edited September 12, 2015 by citizenB

[unclebulgaria67]

How silly ! Think BBC should sell advertising and just get a state broadcaster amount from the government from general taxes. I would get rid of the TV licence.

[Sparks_]

Culture Secretary John Whittingdale said levy may be paid with council tax.... what about those who dont need a license?

[king12345]

What about large family who are council tenants and live in 2M pound properties?

[renegadeimp]

it'd never become law. You'd have half the country refusing to pay council tax

[Nystagmite]

What about those who are exempt from council tax? (like full time students)

[unclebulgaria67]

The other option is to apply a levy against sales of TV's, computers, mobile phones etc that can receive live broadcasts. I should imagine that retailers will sell millions of such items every year, so if they applied say £10 levy, it would raise a huge amount of money.

[tobyjugg2]

The other option is to apply a levy against sales of TV's, computers, mobile phones etc that can receive live broadcasts. I should imagine that retailers will sell millions of such items every year, so if they applied say £10 levy, it would raise a huge amount of money.

 

The figures don't work Unclebulgaria

 

as apposed to a pretty much guaranteed 25,000,000+ * £145,

they would need in the order of 375 Million £10 sales tax collections

or around 15 * £10 taxable items per year per household.

[determindator]

After reading from the faily mail today and reading that TV fees could be linked to the value of the property, this has got to be a joke surely? Here is a quote

 

 

 

 

 

What am I going on about you may say so have a read here http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3228682/Minister-suggests-TV-licence-fee-levy-paid-council-tax.html

 

 

Well hopefully that's where Jeremy C now voted leader of the Labour Party, can start standing up for consumer rights, basically the people don't want to be fleeced. We don't get 10% wage increases and a couple of mil are unemployed.