Banker Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 2 hours ago, Fred the shred said: Perhaps Banker could let us know if the decrease in the bin charge will take the pain out of the main rate as the Commissioners have alleged. Not had the bills yet but rough calculations I’ll be paying c£300 more Pa !, 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x-in-man Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 8 minutes ago, Banker said: Not had the bills yet but rough calculations I’ll be paying c£300 more Pa !, That's less that the price of a pint, every day for a year. (thought I'd get that in before Stu Peters). 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 33 minutes ago, x-in-man said: That's less that the price of a pint, every day for a year. (thought I'd get that in before Stu Peters). Along with, "You weren't paying enough before"... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 1 hour ago, x-in-man said: That's less that the price of a pint, every day for a year. (thought I'd get that in before Stu Peters). He doesn’t live in Braddan so he’s ok! Neither does Jane PW 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 1 hour ago, Banker said: Not had the bills yet but rough calculations I’ll be paying c£300 more Pa !, Miscalculated as taking overall bill including IOMG , roughly £100 extra on Braddan rates with £38 refuse reduction. Not sure what increase IOMG are adding this year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred the shred Posted February 3 Author Share Posted February 3 We are all being rinsed that is the top and bottom of it once we have paid increases on anything that moves we will not have any money left for beer, coffee or sod all. The Firm Closes topic will be very lively. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 1 minute ago, Fred the shred said: We are all being rinsed that is the top and bottom of it once we have paid increases on anything that moves we will not have any money left for beer, coffee or sod all. The Firm Closes topic will be very lively. Gravy trains take a lot of fuel! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asitis Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Can the taxpayers actually afford the Governance and administration of the Island ? irrespective of the litany of costly mistakes made by them ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Poppins Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 3 minutes ago, asitis said: Can the taxpayers actually afford the Governance and administration of the Island ? irrespective of the litany of costly mistakes made by them ! No. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 1 minute ago, asitis said: Can the taxpayers actually afford the Governance and administration of the Island ? irrespective of the litany of costly mistakes made by them ! No! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopek Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Probably! ( for the majority)? Watch out for those staving Kids in Braddan tho'!!!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc.fixit Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 1 hour ago, asitis said: Can the taxpayers actually afford the Governance and administration of the Island ? irrespective of the litany of costly mistakes made by them ! Not the way they've been doing it for the last couple of decades!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizo Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 6 hours ago, Amadeus said: Ah the beacon of humanity that are property management companies. Totally the right people to look after often vulnerable social housing tenants. Didn’t DBC kick some vulnerable bloke out of his house for being a few quid in arrears and subsequently died. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anyone Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 The 20% headline tax rate is a bit of a sacred cow hence the slow creep of all other ‘taxes’ such as rates. At some point , if the island wants to maintain a decent level of public services then taxes will have to go up. Income tax is the obvious one as the imposition of other forms ( CGT and IHT for example ) would be politically problematic and would need beefing up of resources in the tax office. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbnuts Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 47 minutes ago, Gizo said: Didn’t DBC kick some vulnerable bloke out of his house for being a few quid in arrears and subsequently died. Yes , believe so but as everything goes there were a few versions of ‘facts’ of the case. I have no idea of the true story incidentally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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