Scottish government want to abolish council tax will you be better of?

Question

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7290617.stm

Answer 1

Nope...I live in Wales.

Answer 2

According to the guide they gave then yes i would be a lot better off.

Answer 3

Scotland would be better off if it abolished the present government

Answer 4

No.The 11th commandment which should be taught in ALL schools should be: NEVER TRUST A POLITICIAN!!

Answer 5

if i've added it up correctly, yes i will be a lot better off

Answer 6

Dear lord if council tax was abolished in England i would be £181 a month better off!!! Or by the guidelines on the news article...well, I haven;'t worked it out exactly but i would be better off by hundreds of pounds a year!

I wish England would take a note from Scotland on a lot of issues!

Hope you get your council tax abolishment :) The new scheme sounds great to me.

Answer 7

Another tax releif to be subsidised by the english man, the sooner you lot become independant the better.

Answer 8

Yes I think i'd be slightly better off & the country as a whole would be better off.  Every person who is working would pay it.  Not just heads of households (like me) as it is at the moment.  It's time to ditch the Council Tax.  This is the remnant of Thatcher's doomed Poll Tax.  Our southern neighbours didn't give a fig about that until they introduced it into England a year after Scotland.  As always, Westminster used Scotland as an experimental testing ground.  Not surprising really as Thatcher hated Scotland.  Mind you she was the biggest boost ever for the Nationalist movement in Scotland.

Answer 9

Sadly, it will never happen, as it would be too difficult to collect.  HMRC have said they won't collect it.

We would have been over £1,000 better off.

Answer 10

I wish they'd bring this into England,Council taxes are about £1500 per annum now even if you're on a low wage!

Answer 11

No, i live in England.

Answer 12

If you were going to be better off, meaning that the Scottish government would be worse off, they would not introduce it. I fear the guide that is being published will be found to be misleading.