MOTOR TAXATION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19658, 9 June 1927, Page 13

MOTOR TAXATION.

POSSIBILITY OF INCREASE. OPPOSITION EXPRESSED. . " MAXIMUM ALREADY REACHED." | A determination to resist any move to increase the taxation on motor vehicles ! .was expressed by members of the council f of the Auckland Automobile Association 3 last evening. The secretary reported that a questionnaire circulated by the British Automobile Association had produced nearly 100,000 replies, of which 97 per cent, were in favour of the substitution of a 'petrol-tax for the tax of £1 for each unit of horsepower. Mr. G. Henning said the attitude in England was not necessarily a guide for New Zealand motorists. The British motorist laboured under a heavy and inequitable tax, and accordingly welcomed the suggestion of a petrol-tax. The tyretax in New Zealand was more satisfactory, and motorists would have to be careful not to embraco any suggestion for a petrol-tax if the imposition was to be an addition instead of a substitute Mr. 11. C. Jones said hints of increased taxes on cars had been dropped, but no confirmation could be secured. When motorists agreed to the flat licence fee of £2 a year in addition to the tyre-tax, they had been assured the maximum of motor taxation had been reached. If the ' rumours assumed concrete form, motorists 1 should be prepared to resist any increase in the levy. >