Councils slammed for charging ‘fat tax’ on burials of larger coffins
Funeral directors, obese and overweight people mourning families, when they die in the form of additional burial charges may not force “fat tax”.
Some local authorities in the UK are now demanding additional fees to bury larger coffins known as “bariatric graves” in the sector, and additional costs change more than £ 1,000 in some regions.
A study by the national allied and independent funeral directors (SAIF) said that one -fourth of the funeral directors’ local authority charges were extra for larger coffins.
“The majority of the participants (125 out of 165) said that the local cemetery and cream authorities did not receive extra fees for the burial of large or bariatric coffins. However, an important minority (40 participants) reported extra charges.” He said.
While talking IndependentRoss Hickton, General Manager of Hickton Family Funeral Directors in West Midlands, and Ross, the national president of Saif, said that extra accusations are discriminatory.
He said: “Frankly, the families paid the Council tax, they gave income tax throughout their lives, and now they will be multiplied by another tax if they love their favorite overweight or in size.
“I would say this oil tax because at the end of the day, people have to pay extra fees because of their size.”
The questionnaire was assigned by SAIF when concerns were expressed over the Wolverhampton Council after claiming that he would apply 20% extra fees to bariatric graves due to the increasing demand for larger tombs in cemeteries and cemeteries. However, since then, the Council withdrew this offer.
Matthew Crawley, General Manager of the Institute of Cemetery and Creek Management, rejected the idea that additional fees were “tax” and adopted a moderate and reasonable approach to the required “required” required “required”.
“The appropriate cemetery land has been in the crisis for more than 20 years and therefore the grave area is first class.” He said.
“Historically in the Victorian cemetery, the tombs can be widely wide, which has steadily increased to 4’5 -5 for several years, which suggests that the cemeteries adapt to the requirements instead of applying any ‘tax’.”
The Wolverhampton Council also led to controversy after members of the Assembly reported In May this year, he decided to present a new special section for larger tombs at the Danescourt Cemetery of the city in Tettenhall.
Mr. Hickton said: “They stated that they could open a separate section for bariatric and large coffins in the cemeteries. This is a punishing and stamped separate section.
A Wolverhampton City Council spokesman told Independent: “No official decision was taken to the plans to receive further wages for larger burial lands.
“This is a widespread practice taken by councils where higher accusations cover the costs of providing a larger plan.
“However, considering, we decided not to continue the plans.”
The Council did not comment on the plans to present a separate space for larger tombs at the Danescourt Cemetery.
