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rhyds · 08-06-2016, 13:55

Putting it on fuel isn't as easy as it sounds:

1: You'd need to create a "red petrol" (in the same way you have red diesel) for off-road use, as I doubt anyone wants to pay car tax on their generators, lawn mowers, and strimmers.

2: What about electric cars? Yes they're car tax free as it stands, but that can't continue as they gain in popularity. You'd then have to either re-introduce per-car taxing or force all electric car charging points to be separately metered and charged for, including those on house electric supplies.

3: Fuel smuggling (already a very big issue in Northern Ireland) and "cleaned fuel" (where red/green tax free diesel is washed through cat litter to remove the dye) would become much more commonplace . Expect lots more VOSA checkpoints to allow them to physically check fuel tanks for illegal fuel (no ANPR for that), and lots of illegal dumping of very nasty cleaning byproducts.

08-06-2016, 13:55	#288
rhyds Inactive Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: North Wales Services: Plusnet Phone/BB, Freesat, VM Business BB (Cable) Posts: 821	Re: The Car tax disc is to be scrapped after 93 years Putting it on fuel isn't as easy as it sounds: 1: You'd need to create a "red petrol" (in the same way you have red diesel) for off-road use, as I doubt anyone wants to pay car tax on their generators, lawn mowers, and strimmers. 2: What about electric cars? Yes they're car tax free as it stands, but that can't continue as they gain in popularity. You'd then have to either re-introduce per-car taxing or force all electric car charging points to be separately metered and charged for, including those on house electric supplies. 3: Fuel smuggling (already a very big issue in Northern Ireland) and "cleaned fuel" (where red/green tax free diesel is washed through cat litter to remove the dye) would become much more commonplace . Expect lots more VOSA checkpoints to allow them to physically check fuel tanks for illegal fuel (no ANPR for that), and lots of illegal dumping of very nasty cleaning byproducts.