Government making money from crime

[pj24519832]

I had my car broken into damaging the drivers door window. This cost me well over �150 to repair . a huge chunk of this was VAT. How much per annum is the government raking in from the misery of Victims of Crime?

[factor-fiction]

And there's replacements for stolen phones, TVs, handbags etc etc. Imagine the complexity though if there were two rates of VAT- 17.5% if you were buying a new phone/TV/handbag just because you wanted one and 0% if you could prove it was to replace a stolen one. Just wouldn't be workable to expect a garage or shop to have to vet teh evidence and take copies before deciding whether to charge VAT And imagine the fraud/fake paperwork that would happen.
And anyway, how could the government afford to employ all those MPS' children and buy failing banks if they reduced their VAT take.

[THECORBYLOON]

Your complaint should be directed against the insurance company and the level of its excess. By the way If the bill was �150, only �22.34 would have been VAT, hardly a huge chunk.