More sloppy reporting from the guardian, at least proof read the work. Tax £66,610 on an £85,000 vehicle? 3 times as much as the cost in the uk of £3200? I think someone put another 0 on that, and they still managed to publish it.
I’m not sure what the mistake is? France charge a £50k premium, so £66k tax doesn’t sound unreasonable.
It doesn’t say that that £66k is 3 times the cost, it says there are 13 countries which have a greater acquisition tax than 3x the UK rate. As far as I can see, it doesn’t mention the relative costs between the UK and France.
It’s not meant to be a single digit multiple of the UK tax, I don’t know where you’re getting that from. The things which the article mentions as being single digit multiples are:
In 13 countries, acquisition taxes for such an SUV are more than three times higher than the UK’s
£3,200 in the UK, but the sale would incur taxes of £66,600 in France – driving UK SUV sales to four times the level in France.
And the headline figure is “up to 20 times”, which roughly matches the £66k.
More sloppy reporting from the guardian, at least proof read the work. Tax £66,610 on an £85,000 vehicle? 3 times as much as the cost in the uk of £3200? I think someone put another 0 on that, and they still managed to publish it.
I’m not sure what the mistake is? France charge a £50k premium, so £66k tax doesn’t sound unreasonable.
It doesn’t say that that £66k is 3 times the cost, it says there are 13 countries which have a greater acquisition tax than 3x the UK rate. As far as I can see, it doesn’t mention the relative costs between the UK and France.
If it’s mean to be a single digit multiple of the uk tax, at 3k, then it can’t be 66k
It’s not meant to be a single digit multiple of the UK tax, I don’t know where you’re getting that from. The things which the article mentions as being single digit multiples are:
And the headline figure is “up to 20 times”, which roughly matches the £66k.
The Grauniad making typos? Never!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guardian#References_in_popular_culture
I don’t think a small typo counts as sloppy reporting