Originally Posted by angelman

Yes, abolish it and replace with a poll tax. What is wrong with levying a tax on each person. It may be regressive but then those who earn more, usually have higher tax bills so pay in other areas. Failing that might as well keep it. No form of local taxation is ideal. Maybe we should go back and reintroduce the Window Tax. For those that don't know it "The tax was introduced under the Act of Making Good the Deficiency of the Clipped Money in 1696 under King William III[1] and was designed to impose tax relative to the prosperity of the taxpayer, but without the controversy that then surrounded the idea of income tax. At that time, many people in Britain opposed income tax, on principle, because they believed that the disclosure of personal income represented an unacceptable government intrusion into private matters, and a potential threat to personal liberty.[citation needed] In fact the first British income tax was not introduced until the late 18th century and the issue remained intensely controversial well into the 19th century"
Window tax - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I like the bit about people not wanting to disclose their income as they thought it governmental intrusion.

I think that the LibDems idea is the most concerning. They want to get rid of it and then introduce a local income tax. What is the point of this? People are already paying income tax to central government, they don't need one to be introduced so that local government can fritter it away and top up their pension.

Originally Posted by British-Conservatism

Most people would prefer a local income tax to council tax.

Originally Posted by Smidgey

Upon completing university I would certainly be better off under a local income tax than a council tax - the SNP and Lib Dems have a large enough majority in the Scottish Parliament to pass this through.

Originally Posted by British-Conservatism

Councils should be stripped of their powers they waste tens of billions on PC projects.

Originally Posted by British-Conservatism

Most people would prefer a local income tax to council tax.

Originally Posted by John Connor

Most people are stupid.

Originally Posted by British-Conservatism

As I said we could afford to abolish Council tax just by cutting spending else where.

Originally Posted by angelman

we could "almost" abolish income tax (in the south of England) if we let the rest of the country go their own way. but I agree on cutting waste/spending elsewhere.