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Paper tax discs for vehicles to be scrapped, the Chancellor will announce.

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  • Paper tax discs for vehicles to be scrapped, the Chancellor will announce.

    For more than 90 years, all vehicles on British roads have been required to display a tax disc.

    George Osborne will today announce that the paper discs will be consigned to history next October as part of an overhaul of vehicle excise duty.
    The move has been made possible because of the increasing use of an electronic register of cars, vans and lorries to identify tax dodgers.
    The first vehicle taxes were introduced in 1888 and the current system of excise duties to help pay for the maintenance and construction of roads was introduced in 1920. The first tax discs were issued a year later.
    A Treasury spokesman said: “This is a visual symbol of how we are moving government into the modern age and making deal with government more hassle-free.”.............

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    Re: Paper tax discs for vehicles to be scrapped, the Chancellor will announce.

    It might "save" seven million pounds in administration, but the new system will be far more error prone than the paper disc scheme ever was.

    Still, if one has a motor-car and driver provided - as Gideon Osbourne does - then that shouldn't matter. It's only the populace who'll suffer.

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