Comments on: Road taxes & charges http://www.harryrclarke.com/2009/05/29/road-taxes-charges/ On economics, politics & other things Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:34:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: RH http://www.harryrclarke.com/2009/05/29/road-taxes-charges/comment-page-1/#comment-481 RH Fri, 29 May 2009 06:38:08 +0000 http://www.harryrclarke.com/?p=322#comment-481 I am curious that you did not mention the FBT tax on salary sacrificed cars which encourage people to go to all sorts of lengths to try and get their 25,000 km per year so as to minimise their tax - this is a major issue surely affecting road usage (volume) and the environment (complete waste of petrol). I am curious that you did not mention the FBT tax on salary sacrificed cars which encourage people to go to all sorts of lengths to try and get their 25,000 km per year so as to minimise their tax – this is a major issue surely affecting road usage (volume) and the environment (complete waste of petrol).

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