Brendan Burgess
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The last minute rush has resulted in just over 800,000 people paying the charge before the deadline.
The government needs to extend the deadline now to the end of April to facilitate those who were misled into believing that the majority were against the charge.
They should also offer an incentive - such as giving a 10% discount on next year's charge to those who pay this year's charge before the end of April.
Yes - was just about to post this but you've got there before me. I am among those who registered (in the first week - before thinking the whole thing through and reconsidering) and I'm sure there are others that fit into this category. It's clearly misleading to give this stat - when it's the total number of people that have actually paid that is the relevant stat.News headlines are often saying "x00,000 have paid the charge" then the main body of the article says "x00,000 have registered to pay or have already paid the charge". Quite a difference.
As if there wasn't enough injustice in this charge, you want to add to that injustice (by discriminating between those liable for the charge)? That would be a case of sharp practice in order to break the momentum of those opposed to the charge...Brendan Burgess said:They should also offer an incentive - such as giving a 10% discount on next year's charge to those who pay this year's charge before the end of April.
.those who were misled into believing that the majority were against the charge.
With the figure of 62 million euros taken in, it actually appears that the majority did not pay.
Brendan, you say .
I still believe the majority ARE against the charge. The fact that I may have paid does not mean I am not against it. It makes me absolutely furious.
So please don't think all those who have paid are supporters!
The last minute rush has resulted in just over 800,000 people paying the charge before the deadline.
Neither can you claim that all those who have not paid are opposed in principle to the charge....
I still believe the majority ARE against the charge. The fact that I may have paid does not mean I am not against it. It makes me absolutely furious.
So please don't think all those who have paid are supporters!
I'd imagine more than one person selected the waiver option when they we're meant to, and hopefully a lot of dummy properties were entered in there.
The figures seem to contradict each other. I think that if it hasn't actually passed the halfway mark, it will do so with the applications posted on Friday and Saturday which won't be received until tomorrow.
The Local Government Management Agency (LGMA) released the latest figures just after midnight which said that a total of 621,717 properties had registered or paid the flat rate while there were another 89,000 postal applications still to be processed.
As of 2pm yesterday 12,677 properties had registered for the waiver while estimated tallies received from local authorities came in at 82,175. This meant a total figure of 805,569.
I don't think this is fair to those Who had to find the money to pay on time this year. I would not be in favour of extending the deadline.
An incentive for next year is a good idea.
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Brendan, you say .
I still believe the majority ARE against the charge. The fact that I may have paid does not mean I am not against it. It makes me absolutely furious.
So please don't think all those who have paid are supporters!
and finally it has got out that the charge is to pay for LOCAL services and not for bank bailouts etc as many SF / socialist types would make you believe.
I paid in early January, but I'd have no issue with a one month extension. Firstly because its a new charge, secondly, the way it was handled was a shambles, thirdly we are in recession and some people may need a little longer to budget,
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