awhtc 6th Gear January 26, 2022 Share January 26, 2022 Harder to get green rebates when tighter vehicle emission standards kick in PUBLISHED JAN 25, 2022, 4:39 PM SGT SINGAPORE - It will be significantly tougher for cars to qualify for rebates when a new emission-based tax scheme kicks in as early as next year. All other things being equal, the scheme is also likely to mean higher prices or fewer options for buyers if importers fail to source cleaner models. The Vehicle Emissions Scheme (VES), which doles out tax rebates and surcharges based on a car's emissions, turns five at the end of this year. The National Environment Agency (NEA) has proposed a revised scheme to motor traders, with lower thresholds for the five pollutants measured. https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/harder-to-get-green-rebates-when-tighter-vehicle-emission-standards-kick-in ↡ Advertisement 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
inlinesix Supersonic January 26, 2022 Share January 26, 2022 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soya Supersonic January 26, 2022 Share January 26, 2022 Happily tax us but those thousands smoky JB motorbikes, vans, buses & lorries that use our roads daily and pollute the air get away scot free Well done 18 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yishunite Turbocharged January 26, 2022 Share January 26, 2022 Lol since when we ever got clean rebate... all the rebate pad AD margins only 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster 5th Gear January 26, 2022 Share January 26, 2022 (edited) 2 minutes ago, yishunite said: Lol since when we ever got clean rebate... all the rebate pad AD margins only Hahah, true... at the end of the day, green rebate means nothing to us, the consumers. What we care about is the total cost of ownership - which runs against the interest of the car dealers who wants max profit and a govt who discourages car ownership. Green, red, blue, black rebates... whatever colours are just moot points to us consumers. Edited January 26, 2022 by Rickster 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster 5th Gear January 26, 2022 Share January 26, 2022 12 minutes ago, Soya said: Happily tax us but those thousands smoky JB motorbikes, vans, buses & lorries that use our roads daily and pollute the air get away scot free Well done I really don't understand this one. Very easy to catch and make money to line the coffers. Simply deploy more TP to patrol the Woodlands/Tuas checkpoint area. Sure revenue shoot up 1000% Could be something political behind the scenes we don't know about. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
inlinesix Supersonic January 26, 2022 Share January 26, 2022 11 minutes ago, Rickster said: Hahah, true... at the end of the day, green rebate means nothing to us, the consumers. What we care about is the total cost of ownership - which runs against the interest of the car dealers who wants max profit and a govt who discourages car ownership. Green, red, blue, black rebates... whatever colours are just moot points to us consumers. Buy Tesla 😂 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustank Hypersonic January 26, 2022 Share January 26, 2022 3 minutes ago, inlinesix said: Buy Tesla 😂 Buy escooter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
inlinesix Supersonic January 26, 2022 Share January 26, 2022 Just now, Mustank said: Buy escooter You got escooter license or not? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ER-3682 Twincharged January 26, 2022 Share January 26, 2022 This only affect the Middle Class...not the Rich...imagine a 1.6L Saloon paying Surcharge $15,000...while the Super Rich buy a Ferrari only pay $25,000 Surcharge. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
inlinesix Supersonic January 26, 2022 Share January 26, 2022 4 minutes ago, ER-3682 said: This only affect the Middle Class...not the Rich...imagine a 1.6L Saloon paying Surcharge $15,000...while the Super Rich buy a Ferrari only pay $25,000 Surcharge. Car Lite 😂 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yishunite Turbocharged January 26, 2022 Share January 26, 2022 42 minutes ago, Rickster said: Hahah, true... at the end of the day, green rebate means nothing to us, the consumers. What we care about is the total cost of ownership - which runs against the interest of the car dealers who wants max profit and a govt who discourages car ownership. Green, red, blue, black rebates... whatever colours are just moot points to us consumers. Already mention many times here on these forum that govt not serious about promoting green vehicles. If they were they would de-link VES rebate from the price of the car. Make the AD have to advertise the car price without the VES rebate. Let us consumers claim back the rebate after the car is purchased. Then AD cannot hide their jacked up margin inside the VES rebate 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster 5th Gear January 26, 2022 Share January 26, 2022 54 minutes ago, ER-3682 said: This only affect the Middle Class...not the Rich...imagine a 1.6L Saloon paying Surcharge $15,000...while the Super Rich buy a Ferrari only pay $25,000 Surcharge. Middle class makes up the largest population group that buys cars. The govt is right to target them in order to extract more $. The govt earn more taxes in absolute amount from Toyota sales vs Ferraris or maybe, even all the supercar brands combined.😁 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soya Supersonic January 26, 2022 Share January 26, 2022 1 hour ago, yishunite said: Already mention many times here on these forum that govt not serious about promoting green vehicles. If they were they would de-link VES rebate from the price of the car. Make the AD have to advertise the car price without the VES rebate. Let us consumers claim back the rebate after the car is purchased. Then AD cannot hide their jacked up margin inside the VES rebate Juz look at the road tax for EV oredi u know this whole green thingy is a big wayang show 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soya Supersonic January 26, 2022 Share January 26, 2022 1 hour ago, Rickster said: I really don't understand this one. Very easy to catch and make money to line the coffers. Simply deploy more TP to patrol the Woodlands/Tuas checkpoint area. Sure revenue shoot up 1000% Could be something political behind the scenes we don't know about. Think the simple reason is too lazy to coordinate between LTA, NEA and ICA and who to collect the saman & how to share, who spend manpower to enforce, yada yada yada. The fishball stick is truly alive n well.... But tax SG carbuyers easy peasy coz we're suckers 1 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOBIEMKZ Turbocharged January 26, 2022 Share January 26, 2022 3 hours ago, awhtc said: Harder to get green rebates when tighter vehicle emission standards kick in PUBLISHED JAN 25, 2022, 4:39 PM SGT SINGAPORE - It will be significantly tougher for cars to qualify for rebates when a new emission-based tax scheme kicks in as early as next year. All other things being equal, the scheme is also likely to mean higher prices or fewer options for buyers if importers fail to source cleaner models. The Vehicle Emissions Scheme (VES), which doles out tax rebates and surcharges based on a car's emissions, turns five at the end of this year. The National Environment Agency (NEA) has proposed a revised scheme to motor traders, with lower thresholds for the five pollutants measured. https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/harder-to-get-green-rebates-when-tighter-vehicle-emission-standards-kick-in Looks like another artificial barrier being erected to make it car ownership harder in Singapore. :// Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildfaye29 Turbocharged January 26, 2022 Share January 26, 2022 Knn rebates knn 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin03 4th Gear January 26, 2022 Share January 26, 2022 (edited) Is just a bunch of Crabs. Only care about $ intake Look around us especially this covid periods - feel sorry for the hawker and below mean income level consumer Squeeze and squeeze.....................till Edited January 26, 2022 by Colin03 ↡ Advertisement 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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