Land Tax Question

[carolegif]

I don't understand how the Land Tax only hits the rich south east. If you are in private rented property, the land lord pays. What will landlords do? Pass it on to their tenants! In the case of rented council houses, will the tenant pay or the local council? Presumably if it is the council, then they too will pass the increase on to the tenants.
What if you live in a flat with no garden? A council flat with no garden? Will parking spaces be classed as land? And all this before we get to know whether farmers will pay it!

[youngmafbog]

I believe its not so much a garden tax as a 'Land Tax' or an extension of rates/poll tax/council tax, whatever you want to call it.

Landlords dont pay council tax unless the property is empty.

A flat occupies land BTW.

I wouldnt worry about the small niceties of it Labour will find a way to tax you wherever and however you live.

[Buenchico]

>>> Landlords dont pay council tax unless the property is empty

They do if the property is classed as a 'house in multiple occupation' though.


Here's what Labour are actually proposing:
http://www.labour.org.uk/index.php/splash/so-called-garden-tax?

[Kathyan]

According to that link my Labour controlled council tax is the average Tory rate!

[Buenchico]

^^^ The use of 'average' in that reference to Council Tax is also misleading.

Quote:
"The average council tax per dwelling in a Labour council area is £1042.31, versus £1,378.45 in Tory council areas"

Labour-controlled areas are likely to have lots of generally relatively poor people living in terraced houses, small flats and other properties with 'Band A' Council Tax. Tory-controlled areas are more likely to have higher numbers of larger properties, in bands G and H, which will generally be occupied by relatively affluent people.

So all those 'averages' really show is that well-off people tend to pay higher Council Tax then poorer people do - which is exactly what Labour are campaigning for anyway!

[Peter Pedant]

yeah you are the only one to realise that if you tax rented property then the extra tax burden is passed onto the tenant