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SUV Owners May Be Hit With Higher Taxes in Budget Over Vehicle Weight

The idea mirrors a system in France, where cars over 16-hundred kg face steeper levies.

Drivers of heavier cars could be hit with higher taxes under new Budget plans.

A weight-based penalty for SUVs is among the options outlined in the latest Tax Strategy Group papers, published by the Department of Finance yesterday.

The idea mirrors a system in France, where cars over 1,600 kg face steeper levies.

Charlie Weston, Personal Finance Editor with the Irish Independent, says the average weight of cars has risen 28 percent in the past 20 years.

 

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