Mark Hewitt wrote:
> "RichardS" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>>
>> Stunning, isn't it - the concept of VAT on Duty!!!
>>
>> I still scratch my head as to how they get away with that one...
>> actually no, I suppose that any discussion of tax other than
>> headline rate income tax
>> is something that makes about 90% of the country glaze over & ignore.
>
> Which is entirely the point. They know that everyone thinking of
> 'tax' as being income tax, so they dare not touch that. Instead they
> make us pay tax in other ways. Mostly grossly unfair ways like fuel
> tax.

Surely the time to object was when the tax was first introduced. What was
the justification for it and what was the level of objection, other than
from the party in opposition at the time?