Talk:Stealth tax

message: I'm not sure the thrust of this article is correct.  I'd say that the concept of a "stealth" tax is more to do with taking money from taxpayers without them realising it, than taking money in an overt fashion, regardless of what you then spend the money on.
Here's an article that seems to agree.  Note that they mention parking fines as being a "stupidity tax", I think you could include speeding fines in a similar bracket.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Frumious (talk • contribs) 
:I agree, I have used a definition I got from the OED online. I have also added a few references for verifiability. I have changed much of the article. I do not think Francis Maude coined the term, if we do not get a source to support this assertion I will remove it. I am also unconvinced that the increase in National Insurance by the Labour government costitutes a stealth tax, surely it is simply a broken promise, and then only if one assumes the de facto position that NI is an income tax. One can equally claim that technically they did not break their manifesto commitment because it is not an income tax. But I digress because if it is not a stealth tax then it doesn't belong here anyway. One could argue that Thatcher's increases on VAT from 8% in 1979 to 15% when she left office is a true stealth tax. Alun
All of the taxes levied by G.Brown that have been described (usually by Tory supporting media, rather than the Tory party themselves) as "Stealth taxes" were actually announced in pre-budget or budget speeches, and are therefore not "stealth" at all.  They were often announced at least 6 months before they were due to be imposed, so by the time they were actually imposed people had forgotten about them, but people's poor memory doesn't equate to the tax being brought in without an announcement!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.198.33.252 (talk) 16:32, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
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message: I presume the term stealth tax is by analogy with wealth tax (the idea that rich people should be taxed a percentage of their total wealth).  If this is correct, perhaps someone could put that in the article. Man with two legs 16:33, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
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message: Substituted at 06:58, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
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message: #https://news.yahoo.com/households-hit-7-5bn-stealth-210211306.html
#https://news.yahoo.com/labour-accuses-government-imposing-stealth-213258332.html
#https://finance.yahoo.com/news/three-ways-you-could-be-stealth-taxed-in-2020-060045985.html
#https://www.retirementwatch.com/stealth-taxes-how-to-avoid-getting-taxed-on-social-security-benefits
#https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/stealth-taxes.asp
#https://news.yahoo.com/priti-patel-planning-stealth-tax-114021344.html
#https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/07/08/probate-fees-rising-273-applicants-irrespective-estate-size/
#https://news.yahoo.com/rishi-sunak-leaves-door-open-204119988.html
#https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/food-strategy-review-calls-for-3bn-sugar-and-salt-tax/ar-AAMaPSk
#https://news.yahoo.com/readers-hit-stealth-tax-ebooks-150000696.html
#https://news.yahoo.com/rishi-sunak-leaves-door-open-204119988.html
#https://news.yahoo.com/stealth-tax-raid-personal-allowances-212223058.html
#https://finance.yahoo.com/news/budget-2021-rishi-sunak-ifs-taxes-middle-england-121803791.html
#https://www.westpac.com.au/news/making-news/2017/05/banks-slam-stealth-tax/
#https://gop-waysandmeans.house.gov/ferguson-bidens-stealth-tax-is-coming-for-american-families/
#https://investorplace.com/2021/02/the-stealth-tax-is-coming/
#https://michiganestateplanning.com/blog/stealth-taxes-what-is-a-stealth-tax/
79.76.233.42 (talk) 16:01, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Possible new sources