Taxation for dummies

[josharb87]

heres a thought about alcohol, here you can only by alcohol over 3.5% from special shops run and owned by the government, the government controlls the price, the tax and ultimatly makes a killing selling booze, the alcohol shops are also open day time only, close at 3pm saturdays in a bid to kurb alcohol abuse

 

imo things that arnt good for us should be highly taxed, junk/fast food, alcohol, tobacco should be highly taxed, making them more expensive which should lead to either a healthier country, or a richer government

[Andy Collins]

Well thats Sweden off my places to go list:001_smile:

[josharb87]

fags are cheaper here andy:001_smile:

[skyhuck]

Well thats Sweden off my places to go list:001_smile:

 

 

Alcohol in moderation is good for you

[skyhuck]

fags are cheaper here andy:001_smile:

 

Thats just crazy:confused1:

[Mesterh]

There is no doubt that alcohol is a major problem in the UK that costs us the tax payer a lot more than the revenue the tax on alcohol brings in.Same with tobacco.

 

 

I would also imagine that any 'health benefits' of cannabis are over shadowed by the problems the tobacco causes.

 

 

Not everyone who smokes cannabis is a piece loving hippy in the same way that not everyone who drinks alcohol is an agro maniac.Bit of a silly video imo.

 

 

Although they do say variety is the spice of life, and everything in moderation.

 

OK well maybe not EVERYTHING.

[Andy Collins]

fags are cheaper here andy:001_smile:

 

What about cigarettes though?

[kimtree]

ausssies are taxed to the max,over here we have the GST,stamp duty,duty on fuel,fags,grog,property,income tax,employers must pay 9% superannuation on their employees wages before income tax comes out, the list goes on

if you buy a vehicle for say 33000 plus 10% GST then youre slugged stamp duty on top of that of between 3 and 6%,sort of a double tax

every year you pay on average 650 for registration,(mot)fees are also different in every state

 

Property attracts the same tax the higher the price the more the stamp duty

on a 500000 house you could pay 30000 on top

 

its a fairly complicated system and a tax issue is one of the major reasons that just got the pm sacked by his own party recently