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General => Random Chat => Topic started by: Nasir on October 25, 2012, 07:11:18 pm

Title: Poster at petrol station
Post by: Nasir on October 25, 2012, 07:11:18 pm

I found this quite interesting, at a BP near me the till had this little poster which showed the tax on £30 worth of fuel. 60% to 40% iirc. Then it went on to say motorists need to be aware of how much tax they are paying. I think it's about time they did this. Anything like this at a petrol station near you?

Title: Re: Poster at petrol station
Post by: Tfsi_Mike on October 25, 2012, 07:20:13 pm

Used to have this on the pumps in Germany

Title: Re: Poster at petrol station
Post by: Eddie-NL on October 25, 2012, 07:21:40 pm

in one word, pointless

The government can charge what they like, you don't have a choice.

If the tax was less the petrol station retailers would bump the price up

Title: Re: Poster at petrol station
Post by: Kalpsn2000 on October 25, 2012, 10:02:48 pm

In the October issue of Top Gear magazine they had some figures (not sure what they based them on).

In 2003 the duty was 75.6% of the cost of petrol and in 2011 it was 58.6%. Basically the petrol companies are making much more profit now a days.

Title: Re: Poster at petrol station
Post by: Thor on October 26, 2012, 11:50:43 am

All set out here chaps in the AA's monthly fuel reports

http://www.theaa.com/resources/Documents/pdf/motoring-advice/fuel-reports/october2012.pdf (http://www.theaa.com/resources/Documents/pdf/motoring-advice/fuel-reports/october2012.pdf)

http://www.theaa.com/motoring_advice/fuel/

Ok so the amount of duty in percentage terms may have reduced but the tax take has increased.

at current price of £6.662 per gallon and tax of 56.2% thats still £3.75 in tax for every gallon of fuel.  :sick: :sick: