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New Irish Internet Tax?

Dannyboy83 · 2009-05-07 13:51:03

http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/05/06/2246224 This seems like it could be a nice little money earner for the government. I guess those who already pay for a TV License won't be too bothered, so it probably wouldn't face much opposition. I can't imagine how they would enforce it amongst immigrants tho. I know…

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#32 08-05-2009 12:41pm
Mena

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Dannyboy83 wrote: »

Mena,
thats more than I've paid myself.

Its just that immigrants are less likely to own property, move around more frequently, and half of the people I knew didn't have TVs, just laptops for watching foreign films and skyping home.

They would now have to pay a TV License too (I can just imagine them laughing and putting the letter in the bin:D)

Well I can't speak about anyone else, but when we moved here, we bought a TV before we had bought a bed :P

While I hate the whole concept of a TV license and agree it's just another tax, it's still currently necessary to have one, so 10 years ago when we bought our first TV in Ireland we popped down and got the license the next day. Renewed it ever since.

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