‘Port tax’ scrapped on boats, news and freight
Thursday 31st March 2011, 2:30PM BST.
FEARS about the future of national newspaper deliveries, rising construction costs and increased mooring fees have been allayed by the States.
Members yesterday rejected a set of increased charges at the airport and harbours that Public Services proposed to raise the £1.8m. a year the States had told it to find.
The department, criticised by trade bodies for the hikes it initially proposed six weeks ago, successfully amended its own report to send Treasury and Resources off to come up with the money instead.
But this is likely to leave taxpayers and users of other States services finding the money – some £6m. in total – to help fund the island’s capital building programme.
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I liked the comment from Deputy Maidonald to the effect that PSD had only done half a job … says the full time Advocate / part time Deputy
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So now all T&R have to do is raise the 6M from somewhere else..lets hope it’s from the large companies in the “New Zero10″ and not the general public yet again.
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