The National Taxi Association (NTA) is heartened by the Government’s announcement in the Budget 2013, whereby commercial vehicle owners will be given a one-year 30 per cent road tax rebate for their vehicles, including taxis.
In 2009, when the government announced a similar road tax rebate, NTA was pleased that all taxi operators decided to pass on the full savings to the taxi hirers. Taxi drivers similarly expressed appreciation and welcomed the gesture.
Likewise for this year, we hope that taxi operators can continue this goodwill. We strongly urge all taxi operators to once again pass on the total savings from the road tax rebate to taxi hirers. The amount will help greatly in relieving some of the financial burden that comes with rising business operation costs for this group of self-employed taxi drivers. More importantly, we believe that such gesture would be much appreciated by the taxi drivers.
Mr Wee Boon Kim
President
National Taxi Association
