Doctor Drivel drivelled
Alistair Gunn wrote
Doctor Drivel drivelled
Alistair Gunn wrote

Or do they now have a higher disposable income that
may get wiped out by the rent increser as their landlord
doesn't want to rent out at a loss ...

The landlord can only charge what the
market will bare. Or he gets out of renting.

If the tennants are currently willing to pay,
for example, £400/month in
rent and £83/month (averaged over 12 months)
in council tax why would they be unwilling to pay
£483/month in rent and £0/month in council tax
for the same property?

What is your point? The tenant only cares about the bottom line.

And with an LVT thats the only tax in the country,
they wouldnt be able to rent anything, not even a hovel.

There would however be plenty of places they can squat in for free
if you dont count the food for the rotweiler to keep other squatters out.

And you'd need to keep feeding the rotty, otherwise it will lunch on your kids etc.

Hang, is that wrenching sound the goalposts being moved? I thought you'd been saying that *none* of the LVT would
get passed on?

The amount will be small. Not the full whack.

So it was the goalposts being moved from their previous "LVT can't be
passed on" to the new position of "some of the LVT will be passed on, but most of it won't"? With the same lack of
supporting evidence I note ...

What you were saying was that in transition all the LVT would be
passed on, which is nonsense, as he is charging the maximum right
now, so cannot charge more. If the landlord's tax is higher he bares
the cost. Many will get out and sell to owner/occupiers.

No one would be stupid enough to want to buy it when the LVT which
is the only tax in the entire country would be completely unaffordable.

Which is what we want, then the parasite can put his money where it is productive.

Its productive already. There are plenty too poorly paid to be able to afford
to buy a house, and plenty more who have decided that they would rather
rent for various reason like they dont plan to be there for long etc etc etc.