>> Any tax has to be collected easily & at low cost.
>> Petrol & Diesel - duty is paid as it leaves the refinery - Big cheques,
>> easily collected.
>>
>> 25 years ago we had the Poll Tax - it failed as it was tricky
>> to collect.
>> Road Tax & fuel duty both pass easy collection test.
With the coming of electric cars needing to be plugged into a cable, cometh road pricing.
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