Tax 'Green' Car Modifying a Fundraiser, UK Treasury admits

What a giveaway! How many times have you said that after a day of government budget?

But buried in the small print of the annual announcement of the British government of its tax and spending plans was the official admission that the changes to car tax system, to be spun off to have 'green' objectives, it will be a fund-raising healthy for the Treasury of the United Kingdom.

Budget documents reveal that since 2010-11, when the showroom tax 'six additional bands and car tax of £ 950 ($ 1,925) higher emissions of cars which will come into force, higher taxes on vehicles will be delivering a extra £ 735 million ($ 1.5 bn) to government coffers.

But with the lowered tax rates on auto emissions set to be cut at the same time, the news that the income of the government of the scheme is expected to increase by such a large amount indicates that the changes will not succeed in their stated aim of encouraging people to change less polluting cars.

Despite this admission effective their documents, the government has clearly decided to implement the changes and label them 'green' whatever.

The move feed the suspicion that the government is once again using the theory of man-global warming as an excuse to raise the tax burden, with motorists perceived as a particularly easy target.

Groups of drivers have jumped on the revelation as a reinforcing their point of view that tries to force people out of cars using large fines is unlikely to be successful and provide targets 'green' because many people have a need for larger cars accommodate their families.

Coupled with the news that the increase in fuel tax (even if delayed until October), will contribute an additional £ 270m ($ 547m) to the Treasury of the United Kingdom by 2010, and that the government will announce the results of his investigations users how to hit a car with even more bills through pay-per-mile toll road next year, it's no wonder this year's budget has been described as a 'war the family car' .. ..