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Crime “tax” proposed

News out on Friday that the government is considering a “crime tax”.

How it would work is that $50 would be levied on every person convicted of a crime, where they are required to go to court. These offences would range from traffic violations to murder and would be collected by the current Ministry of Justice system.

The proceeds would then be used to help victims with funeral costs, travel costs and things like counselling.

My question is: Shouldn’t this rightly be called a fine, not a tax?

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This entry was posted on Monday, January 26th, 2009 at 7:00 pm and is filed under Absurd Taxes, Politics. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “Crime “tax” proposed”

  1. sally anne Says:
    June 26th, 2009 at 8:24 pm

    This blog has been a useful read.

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