Think of a new tax!

fasttalkerchat

crazy cabbage wrote: »

Interesting idea though. I still think that this will stop people saving.

lets say that i have a savings account that i dont take money out of. I have 5k in there. I will be taxed on that. No problems there.
Next year i still have 5k (plus interest - tax). Will i be taxed again on the same money and at a higher rate becouse the money was in there longer?

that is it. I am hiding my money under my bed

Basically there will be a 2% tax on your 5k.
If you only had that account for 6 months out of the year you pay 1% tax on 5k.
In a 2 year period there would be 2% one year and 2% the following year.
What this means is that if you are saving money (or doing nothing with money) it must be being put to good use for it to be worth paying a tax on. People will look for good investment opportunities because the safe option is taxable.

hondasam

How about no more tax, we pay enough as it is.

paulieeye

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crazy cabbage

fasttalkerchat wrote: »

Basically there will be a 2% tax on your 5k.
If you only had that account for 6 months out of the year you pay 1% tax on 5k.
In a 2 year period there would be 2% one year and 2% the following year.
What this means is that if you are saving money (or doing nothing with money) it must be being put to good use for it to be worth paying a tax on. People will look for good investment opportunities because the safe option is taxable.

wow. €100 tax on my savings per year. That is much higher than any interest that my savings would earn. I would loose money trying to save in a bank

People will look for good investment opportunities because the safe option is taxable.

But you cant just tax people for being safe. I would rather put my money in a save place and know that it there (even if it is barly earning interest) than risk loosing money hoping that i get lucky with an 'investment'.

Saving money is not the same as an investment. With an investment you stand to loose money.

Jesus Shaves

notnumber wrote: »

A tax on windows would also be a fine idea.

I'm a PC and windows tax was my idea:o

fasttalkerchat

crazy cabbage wrote: »

wow. €100 tax on my savings per year. That is much higher than any interest that my savings would earn. I would loose money trying to save in a bank



But you cant just tax people for being safe. I would rather put my money in a save place and know that it there (even if it is barly earning interest) than risk loosing money hoping that i get lucky with an 'investment'.

Saving money is not the same as an investment. With an investment you stand to loose money.

Sorry, the 2% was just a nice round figure. It would have to be less than the interest being earned.

2 stroke

An automatic checkout tax. All those automatic checkouts have replaced taxpaying employees.

Smidge

notnumber wrote: »

A tax on windows would also be a fine idea.

Done quite some time ago in England and a few other places.
Not a success

See below


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window_tax

kr7

The Master. wrote: »

Road tax for cars!

We have motor tax for cars.

Smidge

Also,

A "High Horse" tax

They would make a killing just in AH alone

kr7

fasttalkerchat wrote: »

That's already ridiculous in ROI! Cyclists to pay a fiver a year for a permit and fins for no helmet or cycling on footpaths or obstructing traffic purposefully..

I think the master was being pedantic, it's called motor tax now.

2 stroke

A tax on holidays from work with a tfa of say 20 days, each day after that to be taxed severely.

Jesus Shaves

mishkalucy wrote: »

Done quite some time ago in England and a few other places.
Not a success

See below


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window_tax

:eek:That's daylight robbery!

SdoowSirhc

notnumber wrote: »

A tax on windows would also be a fine idea.

Naw, that would just be a pane in the ass to pay




:cool:

SocSocPol

A sanitary towel/Tampon tax:D

the groutch

A "being too slow using an ATM" tax.
Gives you 60 seconds to complete the whole transaction, or you get charged a €

Icaras

the groutch wrote: »

A "being too slow using an ATM" tax.
Gives you 60 seconds to complete the whole transaction, or you get charged a €

And put it with a being too slow paying at the til tax.

fasttalkerchat

2 stroke wrote: »

An automatic checkout tax. All those automatic checkouts have replaced taxpaying employees.

Not really. They are just used more productively and spend longer with those customers who appreciate the human touch.

An0n

Tax on children.

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2 stroke

fasttalkerchat wrote: »

Not really. They are just used more productively and spend longer with those customers who appreciate the human touch.

Not true in my experience.

Scrambled egg

In all seriousness, I reckon the government could make a hefty sum if they put a one cent tax on every text sent in the country. I doubt most people would be out on the streets protesting about it.

minidazzler

An extra tax on cigarettes...say bring them up to €15 Euro or so. We can always pretend that it's for health reasons when in reality it's just to make more money from the 28% of the population that smoke and have done for the last 40 years or so..
If we catch anyone selling illegal cigarettes on the street then we can fine them €100 or so and that'll be even more money for us!!

fasttalkerchat

minidazzler wrote: »

An extra tax on cigarettes...say bring them up to €15 Euro or so. We can always pretend that it's for health reasons when in reality it's just to make more money from the 28% of the population that smoke and have done for the last 40 years or so..
If we catch anyone selling illegal cigarettes on the street then we can fine them €100 or so and that'll be even more money for us!!

If it was a €100 fine i would start selling myself! 40% of all cigarettes smoked in NI are smuggled. In ROI its not much less.

kr7

fasttalkerchat wrote: »

If it was a €100 fine i would start selling myself! 40% of all cigarettes smoked in NI are smuggled. In ROI its not much less.

Which goes to prove the point that taxing cigarettes won't stop people smoking, it just drives people to buy smuggled ones, thereby making the criminals richer.

boomtown123

for being too hot

Sunnyisland

A rain tax.

tonymantana

pig tax mrs nugent

RobbingBandit

I've got it, we shall have a Tax Tax. A new tax on all existing taxes, also lets put a tax on the word tax, anyone found to be using the word tax shall pay a tax of 5 cents each time they say or use the word tax,:eek: damn this post is going to cost me some serious tax!

skimpydoo

LoYL wrote: »

What about a new tax: that which has never been taxed before but will raise significant amounts. Even if very small amounts a volume could generate income. A log on tax?

A masturbation tax will raise millions as the current government is a bunch of ****

Sonics2k

boomtown123 wrote: »

for being too hot

Oh I see, impose a tax you know you won't have to pay :pac:

RobbingBandit

Ronan Leonard wrote: »

A masturbationtax will raise millions as the current government is a bunch of ****

Sorry you are wrong, the guberment are Gimps they just watch others ****.

WallyGUFC

A scratchcard tax. 5c on a 1 euro scratchcard, 10c on a 2 euro etc.

jurahnimoh

LoYL wrote: »

What about a new tax: that which has never been taxed before but will raise significant amounts. Even if very small amounts a volume could generate income. A log on tax?

Is this Michael Noonan in disguise trying to brain storm for new ideas to impress the imf?

uch

I work for Revenue, all ideas noted, Thanks

Yamanoto

crazy cabbage wrote: »

Is 'whack' good or bad?

An incentive for people to keep healty seem to be a good idea. If you dont want to be healty you are bound to be the one that will end up costing the tax payer the most money in medication and HSE expenses and so is in not resonable that they should pay more

I think your idea's more than a touch Orwellian - monitoring an entire population's health for the purpose of levying tax. Government needs to be creative when promoting healthy living, but that's an endeavour best managed by loading certain foodstuffs with additional indirect taxation.

But it's complex - I'd imagine many lower income families don't necessarily choose to eat crappy food, they just can't afford not to. Penalising them financially for doing so (directly or indirectly) would possibly compound the problem.

muckyhands

Oh My God- I thought cigarette taxes were for our benefit- for health awareness. :eek::rolleyes:

To Stop People Smoking?

NO?- NOT Exactly?- why cigarette prices have gone up? People have stopped smoking for health reasons, So they (the government) copped it so...... UH OH WE NEED TO MAKE SOMETHING OFF OF THIS- NOW WE ARE LOSING OUT.

If ony I' d known. :rolleyes:

Fupping Grasshole

Google street view seems to have an election poster for some fathole on every pole. Tax them fookers for the free advertising.........somehow

Ted_YNWA

Tick tax .

christmas2012

tax cats,legalise and tax heroion tax, crack cocaine,tax prositutes and escorts etc,tax cannabis,tax speed,bring back headshops and tax them,theres lots of revenue to be had there,we are stupid for out lawing this stuff and putting all the money in the dealers hands..

tommylimerick

really good idea to tax cats , you have to have a dog licence but not a cat licence

christmas2012

well i think they have a dog license for moreso safety reasons,to keep it regulated etc,we got a leaflet through the door on types of dogs that should be muzzled at all times,like bull mastiffs/staffordshire pit bull terriers,akitas and other such dogs..

Odaise Gaelach

(Obligatory Monty Python reference)

I'd tax all foreigners living abroad.

Cicero

A tax on rainy days...every day it rains in Ireland...we pay more tax...

Oh wait...that happens anyway..

Yamanoto

christmas2012 wrote: »

tax cats,legalise and tax heroion tax, crack cocaine,tax prositutes and escorts etc,tax cannabis,tax speed,bring back headshops and tax them,theres lots of revenue to be had there,we are stupid for out lawing this stuff and putting all the money in the dealers hands..

So we should regulate the sale of Crack Cocaine?

That's a new one.

jdooley28

How about a tax on receipts? Would raise a few quid and be good for the enviroment

SmilingLurker

A few quick ideas:
- Processed food tax (raw food remains at a lower rate)
- supplementary food/beverage tax between 11pm and 6am - would earn money from people who would not notice at the time (nasty, I know)
- parliamentary question tax on all questions ruled out of order for obvious reasons (supposedly these cost a lot of money €200 to process)
- Alcohol related injuries hospital charge
- Wasting emergency services time charge
- Drunk and disorderly charge (could be a good earner in this country - currently the law but not enforced)
- Troll tax on boards threads
- Tax on people who ring radio stations in the afternoon (Joe Duffy tax)
- Tax on the Quinn family to pay for the insurance surcharge everyone has to pay for their mess
- Jaywalking tax (I would be broke... it is currently the unenforced law)
- Charity registration tax (prevent 12 different charities, all who chug collecting for the same thing - exempt all those that collect over a certain amount, that way most *real* charities would be exempt)
- Religious donations tax (yes, I am going to be slammed for this, they should pay their way like everyone else)

Mr.Crinklewood

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Cicero

A tax on anything with the word tax in it

Chinasea

pregnant for the third time tax

(tbh, I'd tax the 2nd but that wouldn't go down too well).

fasttalkerchat

jdooley28 wrote: »

How about a tax on receipts? Would raise a few quid and be good for the enviroment

What if you want a receipt to prove you paid the tax? That would start an infinite loop.