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Originally Posted by Xaccers
5 people share a property, they all earn low wages, something like £12,000 a year.
Their landlord pays the council tax.
The 5 people therefore pay nothing.
Under the local income tax they'll all start paying.
It's fair in that everyone who works pays, it's not helpful in that there's no benifit in living with others under one roof to share the cost, and the majority of house shares involve low income people because sharing the costs out makes it affordable.
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The services that council tax pay for are, by and large, unrelated to your living arrangements. Why should there be a benefit to sharing a home? The most equitable system is to charge per individual, but unlike the Poll Tax taking into account their circumstances, there ability to pay. With income tax those on low incomes will pay a lot less (or nothing) than those on high incomes, with the unemployed, low income OAPs etc excused.
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by Xaccers
5 people share a property, they all earn low wages, something like £12,000 a year.
Their landlord pays the council tax.
The 5 people therefore pay nothing.
Under the local income tax they'll all start paying.
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Of course the 5 people pay something; the landlord recovers it through the rent.