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Re: State Rail - No, State Joke. [NSW]
- Subject: Re: State Rail - No, State Joke. [NSW]
- From: Gobbledok <chippies@ihug.com.au>
- Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 17:18:30 +0930
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Ihug Limited (Adelaide)
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Peter Homann wrote:
> Dave Proctor wrote:
> >
> > On 28 May 2001 05:39:26 -0700, vorgestern@hotmail.com (Karina
> > Vor-daniken) wrote:
> >
> > >Why does not the State Government add a 0.25% tax increment upon all
> > >Sydney Metropolitan residents,
> >
> > On what would they base this tax? Income? The power to levy income
> > taxes was ceded to the Commonwealth ages ago (in the thirties, I
> > believe) so what else would they levy it on?
> >
> > Dave
>
> How about land values?
> The SA Government has a tax based on land value (IIRC), which is called
> the Emergency Services Levy. A Public Transport levy would be an
> equivalent, and if called a *Levy*, the pollies could conveniently not
> call it a *Tax* when they feel like it.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Pee Aitch
> ============================
> Peter Homann
> ============================
> The light at the end of the tunnel will be turned off
> until economic conditions improve. Management.
And by classing it as a "levy" instead of as a "tax", you could also
collect GST on top of it as well, since the GST is levied on a levy...