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Road Tax and Potholes

  • 08-04-2010 8:21am
    #1
    ibookg4
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭


    Hi,
    Just a query on peoples view when they need to pay out for Road Tax given they could have spent money in repairing their car because of road damage


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  • #2
    R.O.R
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,702 ✭✭✭✭R.O.R


    ibookg4 wrote: »
    Hi,
    Just a query on peoples view when they need to pay out for Road Tax given they could have spent money in repairing their car because of road damage

    Do you mean Motor Tax? The tax levied for owning a Motor Vehicle, not a tax for driving it on public roads.


  • #3
    Berty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,152 ✭✭✭✭Berty


    Motor Tax does not pay for the roads. It goes into the exchequer and then a budget.


  • #4
    -Corkie-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,025 ✭✭✭✭-Corkie-


    I dont pay it so i dont mind;)


  • #5
    leeroybrown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,563 ✭✭✭leeroybrown


    Berty wrote: »
    Motor Tax does not pay for the roads. It goes into the exchequer and then a budget.
    Motor Tax is a fairly unique exception to the this. It's goes directly into the Local Government Fund which is in turn is paid directly to the local authorities to spend on local and regional roads and other expenses. The government tops up these funds from the normal exchequer monies.

    While ultimately its all budgeted, this setup does mean that a drop in Motor Tax requires the government to make a direct decision to give more additional central funding rather than just continue with or cut current funding levels like happens in most other areas.


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