Minister clashes with GMTA over car tax examples
CLAIMS and counter-claims have been made by the opposing sides in the new car width and emissions taxes row.
Environment minister Yvonne Burford, pictured, claimed the Guernsey Motor Trades Association had deliberately selected high-emission cars when drawing up a table to show how a first-registration tax would be applied.
She also said a poster created by the association had been slightly 'misleading' in that it showed the tax on more powerful engines, such as an Abarth 500, and automatic models – both of which had higher emissions.
But her comments have been dismissed by GMTA president Dave Beausire, who said the examples given were the most popular cars. He added that the Abarth 500 had been used to demonstrate that some small cars would still have duty on them.
