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09-24-2008, 05:04 PM | #89 | |
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So many grey areas though you could end up paying LCT on a completely arbitrary figure and be obligated to also provide 3 good milking goats and your first-born. |
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09-24-2008, 07:47 PM | #90 |
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So we are talking 8% in price after $50 odd K. Right... I think I am up for a coupe rather than vert now
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09-24-2008, 09:12 PM | #91 |
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I reckon you scrap the price threshold completely and use a system based on emissions and number of seats.
That way it works to tax those going for higher polluting cars but factors in families needing bigger vehicles. Using the 7l/100 km and 4 seats as the baseline (7/4=1.75). More seats lowers the value and more emissions increases it. This lets people from all price brackets have a choice on whether they want to pay the tax or go lower emission. Whats wrong with some richie rich spending $200K on a car if it is ultra low emission? |
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09-24-2008, 10:30 PM | #92 | |
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09-25-2008, 01:47 AM | #93 |
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Seems fair for families, they just need to select low emission cars if they don't want to pay the tax. If they need a bigger capacity car it allows higher emission.
As for farmers no it doesn't, although you could use the highway usage for farmer 4wds and there are <7L choices. You can see the usage up to 03 models here: http://www.environment.gov.au/settle...ort/fuelguide/ |
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I suspect this exemption only applies to the individual models that meet the 7.0L/100km combined fuel consumption criteria. As such, they're probably only talking about diesel models ... for BMW that's 320d (6.0L/100km), 520d (6.1L/100km), and maybe X3 2.0d (7.0 L/100km).
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09-25-2008, 10:33 PM | #97 | |
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You should stick to your original choice and if required wait longer to achieve the required funds and go from there, afterall if the vert is what you really desire, that's the only way you'll be totally happy and have no second negative thoughts down track about your purchase :smile: |
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Im willing to put up the first $10,000 to a class action law suit to the high court if any one thinks its viable. Based on idea that why should we as Australians have to be disadvantaged compared to the majority of the planet in regards to car prices. Where we now have to fork out 33% + 10% tax on which is close enough to 50% tax on cars over $57k making our cars some of the most expensive in the world.
Just what reason does the Govt give and exactly why do we have to be disavanted like this. The bloody labour govt first introducd this tax in 1986 and admitadly the libs could have got rid of it when the GST came in abolishing most sales tax of which some like the LCT remained. But that being said I call for interested partys to put your money up front and lets go for the jugular. If its not viable we really have to lobby the libs and get this tax thrown out just on principal we dont need it and its un Australian and we dont need any Rudd apologists to say otherwhise. |
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This is the kind of attitude we need Shauno! I love the sentiment though I'm not sure what chance we'd have of getting the tax &/or increase overturned. Yeah, who thinks this could be viable? We could probably lobby many other groups, companies or individuals to get on board if there's a reasonable chance here.
You pay extra tax if you earn more & you pay extra tax if you spend more. Where's the incentive? BTW I think Malaysia has ~300% sales tax on imported cars, but this is across the board to protect the local Protons etc, not just "luxury" cars.
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When it comes to politics, I'm generally apolitical - in the sense that I think either party is going to screw us over in the long-run.
The issue here is that they do it to us because we are willing to bend over and take it up the a$$! A lawsuit is not the solution in my view - I think the issue is a greater one:
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