Comments on: Luxury brands insulted by tax rise

By: wayne piltz

wayne piltz — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:04:32 +0000

LUXURY TAX FOR THE RICH EH. I EARN AROUND 50 GRAND A YEAR BUT THERES NO WAY I CAN AFFORD EVEN THE CHEAPEST OF NEW CARS. I HAVE TO PAY ANOTHER TAX CHILD SUPPORT AT AROUND $9000 A YEAR KINDA CUTS OUT ANY NEW PURCHASE. I’D BE HAPPY FOR EVEN THE CHEAPEST KIA. SO MUCH FOR THIS GOVERNMENT HELP THE AVERAGE AUSTRALIAN, THEY’RE ONLY HELPING THEIR OWN POCKETS. REMEMBER THEIR PAY RISE AT 30% WE ALL HAVE TO FIGHT JUST TO KEEP OUR OWN AT 4%. WHEN WILL ALL OF YOU WAKE UP AND REALISE WE ARE ALL BEING RIPPED OFF BY THESE PEOPLE

By: Bavarian Missile

Bavarian Missile — Tue, 20 May 2008 02:20:29 +0000

I was going to say the same Golf but got up to make some Miso soup………

Maybe he means for the 50k you can spend on them you can have
a local priced performance car less tax and charges on the options!

Me Ill pick a good second hand Euro performance car for the same money over any of the local stuff.

By: Golfschwein

Golfschwein — Tue, 20 May 2008 02:08:31 +0000

That’s a very good point about the other charges, Tony.

But I don’t agree the cars you describe are badly underpowered. Check the back pages of WHEELS and see for yourself.

By: Tony

Tony — Tue, 20 May 2008 01:40:52 +0000

Many of the so-called luxury cars sold are BMW 320 (an underpowered 2 litre engine), Merc C-200 (an underpowered 1.8 litre engine) and Audi A4 (an underpowered 1.8 litre engine). Motoring jounalists should do Australians a favour by informing them just how badly underpowered and over-priced these cars are. If the increase in tax prevents some people from buying these cars, it would be a good outcome.

Merc charges $1,900 for metallic paint and $2,500 for delivery of the car. Why do people pay these and yet complain about tax?

By: AlbertK21

AlbertK21 — Thu, 15 May 2008 10:00:04 +0000

Buying cars that cost more than $60K is an emotional driven choice. Accords, Camry’s & Lancers do in practical terms all that these cars can do. There are no rational reason for paying 2 to 3 times for something that fundamentally completes the required tasks no better, unless of course the task includes impressing everyone else sat in the traffic jam. The purchasers of exclusiveness, should be pleased that the tax has been increased for this makes their choice more rational, at least in their terms.

By: AlbertK21

AlbertK21 — Wed, 14 May 2008 09:50:47 +0000

There are no rational reasons for spending > $55K for a car. The only “reasons” are purely emotional. You can buy a main stream Accord, Camry, Lancer etc. that will on all practical considerations do the same job as a BMW 3 series or a Mer C200. If you have sufficient money & the “desire” to spend (waste) such money on a car, then go ahead & do so, but I for one thinks its a good idea to divert some of your money towards developing our fine nation.

By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Wed, 14 May 2008 01:47:16 +0000

We can only dream Steve C, If only!

By: SteveC

SteveC — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:17:47 +0000

I think the car manufacturers should insult the Government back by reducing all their car prices $1 below the threshold.

SteveC…. lining up for his Porsche

By: o

Tue, 13 May 2008 11:26:50 +0000

its just rubbish the only way i will pay that tax is if i can at least donate it to a bettter cause than swans salary it just a big jinx no other countrie is penalised as much as oz for being rich

By: Flying High

Flying High — Tue, 13 May 2008 11:04:33 +0000

PoisonEagle. Meagre Adjustment you say. When next you buy any new vehicle go and give the ATO an extra 8% on the purchase price (it is all proportionate right?) and see how meagre it is. It is the only way your dumb post could be vindicated. I am sorry, but whilst this country has a $21,000,000,000 surplus there is NO need for extra cash. It is a populist tax that has been put in place so that the govt can say ‘we are doing something’. One does not need to offer an alternative in such circumstances

RealCars. Where do you get off making dopey comments like that? Everyone has the same tax breaks available to be used – they are there for anyone for given circumstances – no one is going to stop you. The same rules apply across the board.

At the end of the day it comes down to not what ‘percentage’ of your income did you pay in tax, but how many ‘$’ did you pay. Not to mention how many benefits did you also receive from the govt already being on a lower income. Benefits not available to the ‘rich’.

And that my friend is an argument you cannot win. So best for you to stay off your high horse before you fall down and break your neck.

btw I didn’t say I can afford a luxury car – however the notion of anyone paying even more tax than they already do in this very highly taxed country – and then getting told we are going to slug you even higher Luxury Tax + GST (tax on tax) really is immoral.