Dave Hedgehog Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 Couldn't they change the bin collections to once a month to keep costs down? 2 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offshoremanxman Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 6 minutes ago, genericUserName said: It's typically Douglas ratespayers who whine that the authorities should be merged or that we should pay an all island rate. But there really is no reason why the whole island should fund Douglas. That’s the usual argument despite 60% of the IOM population working in Douglas most days. Even if you go for a crap once a day at work you’re still using our amenities which your employer and everyone else in Douglas pays for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 2 minutes ago, offshoremanxman said: That’s the usual argument despite 60% of the IOM population working in Douglas most days. Even if you go for a crap once a day at work you’re still using our amenities which your employer and everyone else in Douglas pays for. Isn't sewerage MUA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genericUserName Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 1 minute ago, offshoremanxman said: 60% of the IOM population working in Douglas most days. Even if you go for a crap once a day at work you’re still using our amenities which your employer and everyone else in Douglas pays for. Those businesses pay rates. The people visiting Douglas every day are already supporting Douglas ratespayers via those businesses. Also - the 60% of the population figure is clearly nonsense. 60% of the working population perhaps. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Major Rushen said: Why don’t they offer bonds to local residents? All to do with AML , KYC & GDPR , basically the administrative costs of taking identification/address documents etc , checking sources of funds, ensuring data updating etc for everyone who wants a £2k bond is prohibitive Edited December 1, 2022 by Banker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilly Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 9 hours ago, forestboy said: It’s time single occupancy had a 25% reduction like in UK. I thought this single occupancy was supposed to be going through? Also could anyone explain why l pay two lots of rates one to Onchan the other l think is to Government/ Douglas? It makes my rate bill higher than a member of my family who has a family of 5 much larger house and actually pays much less than l do, and now they have the cheek to inform us today via Manx radio they intend to increase this quite considerably as l understand it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offshoremanxman Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 21 minutes ago, Lilly said: I thought this single occupancy was supposed to be going through? Also could anyone explain why l pay two lots of rates one to Onchan the other l think is to Government/ Douglas? It makes my rate bill higher than a member of my family who has a family of 5 much larger house and actually pays much less than l do, and now they have the cheek to inform us today via Manx radio they intend to increase this quite considerably as l understand it! One is normally domestic rates, the other water and utilities. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
360 View Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 21 minutes ago, Lilly said: I thought this single occupancy was supposed to be going through? Also could anyone explain why l pay two lots of rates one to Onchan the other l think is to Government/ Douglas? It makes my rate bill higher than a member of my family who has a family of 5 much larger house and actually pays much less than l do, and now they have the cheek to inform us today via Manx radio they intend to increase this quite considerably as l understand it! Like everyone else, that’s local authority rates (parks/bins/street cleaning etc ) to Onchan and water/sewerage rates that are collected centrally via Treasury 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 3 minutes ago, 360 View said: Like everyone else, that’s local authority rates (parks/bins/street cleaning etc ) to Onchan and water/sewerage rates that are collected centrally via Treasury That's not correct as I only get a single bill, as far as I know only Douglas and Onchan get two. Although that doesn't mean you're being charged more it's just that everyone else's are lumped together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 6 minutes ago, finlo said: That's not correct as I only get a single bill, as far as I know only Douglas and Onchan get two. Although that doesn't mean you're being charged more it's just that everyone else's are lumped together. Braddan also gets 2 bills Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Lilly said: I thought this single occupancy was supposed to be going through? We've been promised Rates reform for years. They've supposedly been working on it. For years. Ever since it was realised that valuations from the 1970s were probably no longer applicable. Wasn't the Island aerial photographed a couple of years ago as part of the process? Perhaps one of our elected could explain how far we are down the line in respect of this reform process and how many more years our government intends to take over reviewing the situation and implementing change? Edited December 1, 2022 by Non-Believer Typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moghrey Mie Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 8 minutes ago, Non-Believer said: We've been promised Rates reform for years. They've supposedly been working on it. For years. Ever since it was realised that valuations from the 1970s were probably no longer applicable. Wasn't the Island aerial photographed a couple of years ago as part of the process? Perhaps one of our elected could explain how far we are down the line in respect of this reform process and how many more years our government intends to take over reviewing the situation and implementing change? Money wasted on aerial photography because rates based on how many square metres your house occupies was never going to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moghrey Mie Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 1 minute ago, Moghrey Mie said: Money wasted on aerial photography because rates based on how many square metres your house occupies was never going to work. 1 minute ago, Moghrey Mie said: Money wasted on aerial photography because rates based on how many square metres your house occupies was never going to work. Rating and Valuation Act 1953-time for an update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 1 minute ago, Moghrey Mie said: Money wasted on aerial photography because rates based on how many square metres your house occupies was never going to work. And there's me thinking that it was so they could hike the Rates of those serfs who didn't have swimming pools in their back gardens.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 3 hours ago, genericUserName said: Also - the 60% of the population figure is clearly nonsense. 60% of the working population perhaps. I presumed it was for the working population, but it's pretty accurate. According to the 2016 Census (the question wasn't asked in 2021) 59.7% of the working population (in total 41,636) worked in Douglas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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