Imposition of back door tax
It therefore seems reasonable, under the Disclosure of Information Act, to ask Horsham District Council to disclose how the scheme works and to provide full accounts of the undertaking, on a year by year basis, since its introduction.
Fundamentally, we would like to know whether the scheme makes a profit, a loss or breaks even.
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Hide AdWithout such information my inclination is to agree with councillor Malcolm Curnock that the imposition of a £29 charge is a substitute for council tax or, in his own words ‘It’s back door taxation’.
JAMES EWART
Downlands, Partridge Green