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VRT: The Irish are treated as second-class EU citizens.

zod · 2008-02-17 12:22:35

Taken from todays McWilliams article in the Sunday Business Post "Traipse over to Britain. You find your dream car for, let’s say, £18,000.You bring it back to Ireland. You are then confronted with the first tax - VRT. So already the state is bending the rules. Resigned, you are then prepared to pay the tax on the euro…

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#92 21-02-2008 1:24pm
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I think thats our main problem craichoe, we don't get great value for money in regards to motor taxation in this country. There are plenty of great things about Ireland, for instance the Education system is excellent. But the motorist is screwed left right and center and is treated like dirt by the tax authorities.

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#93 21-02-2008 1:24pm
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craichoe wrote: »

I thought the same until i moved here, direct taxation is ALOT higher, although it is reflected in the Healthcare system and Public infrastructure.

Sorry, are you agreeing that Ireland isn't a low tax country but rather just a low direct taxation country?

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