Re:Convert a Bird Scooter to a personal one with $32 kit
by isostatic on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @06:16AM
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What tax does a car driver pay?
Lets see VED: £0. Fuel:15p per 100 miles. Consumables (tyres etc), maybe £20 a year in VAT?
Land cost in say Ealing is £30m a hectre, or £3k per sqm. A parking space that's about 3m by 2m of the road is worth about £20k, and thus costs about £1k a year to provide.
Re:Convert a Bird Scooter to a personal one with $32 kit
by kingosticks on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @04:58AM
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What tax do motorists in the UK pay to cover parking?
Re:Convert a Bird Scooter to a personal one with $32 kit
by pbhjpbhj on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @05:46AM
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Loosely speaking - in UK - off-street parking has standard rate VAT, on-street is VAT exempt. But it's very much a rule of thumb, not a strict regulation.
I don't know of any other tax on parking per se?
Re:Convert a Bird Scooter to a personal one with $32 kit
by kingosticks on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @07:28AM
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Maybe they were talking about VED which is sort of about using the public highway in that you can declare the vehicle as off the road and stop paying it. But the complicated emissions/price/age based charge means it doesn't really make sense to think of it that way anymore. E.g. A zero-rated vehicle still has the same impact when parked on the road.
The reason, in the UK at least, is the tax (and additional parking fees for some spaces) that motorists pay that covers this. Also when and where cars can be parked is highly regulated and enforced.