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SIMI collecting VRT views

08 September 2004: The motor industry umbrella body here, SIMI, is collecting views of motorists on the VRT taxation system, in line with a request from the European Commissioner for the Internal Market.

People who want to let the Commission know their views on this tax can complete the questionnaire on http://www.simi.ie/tax_intro.asp.

“The Irish Government have doggedly held on to a car purchase tax even though excise duty on cars was abolished as far back as 1992,” says Cyril McHugh, Chief Executive, SIMI. “It is clear that without action at a European level we in Ireland will be subjected to this penal tax indefinitely.”

SIMI is advising motorists to urge the European Commission to introduce proposals to abolish VRT.

	September 2004 - Brian Byrne
SIMI collecting VRT views 08 September 2004: The motor industry umbrella body here, SIMI, is collecting views of motorists on the VRT taxation system, in line with a request from the European Commissioner for the Internal Market. People who want to let the Commission know their views on this tax can complete the questionnaire on http://www.simi.ie/tax_intro.asp. “The Irish Government have doggedly held on to a car purchase tax even though excise duty on cars was abolished as far back as 1992,” says Cyril McHugh, Chief Executive, SIMI. “It is clear that without action at a European level we in Ireland will be subjected to this penal tax indefinitely.” SIMI is advising motorists to urge the European Commission to introduce proposals to abolish VRT.
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