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Old 13-05-2010, 19:42   #28
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Re: Think petrol tax is high right now?

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Originally Posted by Taf View Post
As we pay excise duty on the petrol then VAT on the cost PLUS the excise duty, a simple way would be to just dump the VAT and have the excise duty only (at a higher rate at first of course to prevent loss of tax).

But I don't suppose our EU friends would like that....

would there be an advantage to tagging the exise duty onto the road fund license ?
i know this has been mooted a few times in the past by various governments but it didn't really get of the ground
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