Forget homes tax and scrap the State cars

YOU report (January 9) that a Government think-tank has called for an annual tax on homes to replace falling revenue from stamp duty.

Recently a Green party spokesman announced that the Government had plugged the loophole that allowed developers avoid paying stamp duty on huge projects thereby causing losses of millions to the State.

The reason this loophole wasn’t plugged before now is that these people provided funding for the political parties.