Will P.S.V. Taxation be Revised?
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THE Council of the Tramways, Light Railways and Transport Association has made representations
• to the Treasury asking for a revision of the scale of taxation of publicservice vehicles. It has been promised the full co-ordination of the Municipal Tramways and Transport Association, and, in return, is supporting a proposal of the latter body that operators should be able to license vehicles from various dates and not merely from the first of each month.
If adopted, the proposed scheme would obviate the anomalous position of a 53-seater being taxed to the same extent as a 56-seater; for example, the former would pay £76 16s., i.e., the tax on a 48-seater, plus five-eighths of £9 12g.—the difference in tax between a 48-seater and a 56-seater.
It is pointed out that private cars are taxed on a horse-power scale rising by stages of I h.p„ and goods vehicles an unladen weight rising by stages of 1 ton; whereas the stages for hackneys cover differences of six or eight seats. Many operators, consequently, restrict the number of seats to avoid paying the heavy increase. If the suggested scale were adopted, operators would instal seats up to the maximum capacity, and the Chancellor would benefit by increased revenue. It would also gain by the M.T.T.A. proposal, as, at present, operators are not willing to pay the full month's tax for, possibly, only week's service.