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(Message started by: Geoff_W on Feb 5^th, 2010, 12:54pm)

Title: VAT on fuel - extra hidden duty- No 10 Petition
Post by Geoff_W on Feb 5^th, 2010, 12:54pm

When VAT was temporarily reduced to 15%, the Chancellor added 2% duty to fuel to offset the reduction in tax collected from motorists.

Now that VAT has been increased to 17.5% again this hidden tax has not been removed - hence recent rises in your fuel costs.

Sign the petition at the link below to have this stealth tax removed.

http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/DutyReduction/

Please pass this on to your friends - the more the merrier. Happy motoring!

10,100 signatures at 15.44 today petition closes on the 12th of March

Title: Re: VAT on fuel - extra hidden duty- No 10 Petitio
Post by Highlander on Feb 5^th, 2010, 2:31pm

Done :)

Title: Re: VAT on fuel - extra hidden duty- No 10 Petitio
Post by Tenfut on Feb 5^th, 2010, 2:42pm

And me :D

Title: Re: VAT on fuel - extra hidden duty- No 10 Petitio
Post by Tons_of_fun on Feb 5^th, 2010, 3:01pm

Me as well ;)

Title: Re: VAT on fuel - extra hidden duty- No 10 Petitio
Post by Highlander on Feb 5^th, 2010, 3:08pm

Petitioning is all very well but thats just sneaky, cant we just hang them?? ;D

Title: Re: VAT on fuel - extra hidden duty- No 10 Petitio
Post by tonyboy on Feb 5^th, 2010, 3:12pm

Me too....... >:(
Yeah have a hung parliment......... ??? ??????

Title: Re: VAT on fuel - extra hidden duty- No 10 Petitio
Post by Jonnycab on Feb 5^th, 2010, 3:18pm

The thieving scoundrels !!!....as if we didn't already know that anyway ::)

Signed :)

Title: Re: VAT on fuel - extra hidden duty- No 10 Petitio
Post by Geoff_W on Feb 5^th, 2010, 3:28pm

Stuart

Flaming torches and pitchforks are so passée. ;D and hangings too good for some of them.

Wrap em up in a good petition. Remember the one on road pricing that got over a million responses?

Biggest ever on the number 10 site and the PM gracefully backtracked. OR ran away.

Best result is to take their toys away and vote them down in May.

Geoff

Title: Re: VAT on fuel - extra hidden duty- No 10 Petitio
Post by teaboyterry on Feb 5^th, 2010, 6:18pm

Signed !!!... I thought this had been automaticly taken off after the rise in VAT. Explaines why prices at the pumps are at an all time high.

Terry

Title: Re: VAT on fuel - extra hidden duty- No 10 Petitio
Post by PJDavis on Feb 5^th, 2010, 6:42pm

Aye, thas done. The dirty swines wil find anyway they can to screw more money out of the working population! >:(

Title: Re: VAT on fuel - extra hidden duty- No 10 Petitio
Post by gozz on Feb 5^th, 2010, 9:12pm

Just signed that,have made sure the local coach operators are aware,it's costing them a bloody fortune :o
GOZZ.

Title: Re: VAT on fuel - extra hidden duty- No 10 Petitio
Post by Geoff_W on Feb 6^th, 2010, 4:42pm

11497 as at 15.35 today, picking up steam. If you have not had a look please do.

Title: Re: VAT on fuel - extra hidden duty- No 10 Petitio
Post by lleewar on Feb 7^th, 2010, 4:02pm

Done. Another name to your expanding list. Let's shame the things into reducing the duty to it's rightful level.

Title: Re: VAT on fuel - extra hidden duty- No 10 Petitio
Post by mick_66 on Feb 7^th, 2010, 9:57pm

>:( >:(...... Signed and posted on to all in address book..

Title: Re: VAT on fuel - extra hidden duty- No 10 Petitio
Post by Geoff_W on Feb 7^th, 2010, 10:44pm

13449 today 7th nearly additional 2000 in 24 hours.

Title: Re: VAT on fuel - extra hidden duty- No 10 Petitio
Post by Geoff_W on Feb 8^th, 2010, 10:44am

Just got some more information from petrolprices.com on the amount of duty paid on fuel currently. Remember that these figures do not include the VAT element.

2009 Fuel Tax Figures
2009 fuel duty (as of 1 September 2009) in the United Kingdom is:

* 56.19 pence per litre for main road fuels, unleaded petrol and diesel
* 65.91 pence per litre for leaded petrol
* 36.19 pence per litre for bio-diesel and bio-ethanol
* 22.16 pence per kg for road fuel natural gas
* 27.67 pence per kg for road fuel liquefied petroleum gas ('LPG')

On 1 December 2008 a permanent 2p increase in fuel tax was introduced to offset the rate cut in VAT from 17.5% to 15% bringing the duty rate for the main road fuels up to 52.35p per litre.

On 1 April 2009 the duty rate for unleaded petrol and diesel was increased by 1.84 ppl to 54.19p per litre and again on 1 September 2009 by 2 ppl to reach the current level of 56.19 per litre. These rates will be increased further on 1 April 2010 to 2013 by 1% above inflation each year.

Title: Re: VAT on fuel - extra hidden duty- No 10 Petitio
Post by Geoff_W on Feb 9^th, 2010, 9:23pm

Nearly 21,000, still small potatoes in the scheme of things but getting a critical mass.

Title: Re: VAT on fuel - extra hidden duty- No 10 Petitio
Post by Geoff_W on Feb 10^th, 2010, 10:10pm

16669 on the 10th which is strange because there were over 20,000 yesterday. Now I know that the government is not good at IT but this is just plain weird.

Title: Re: VAT on fuel - extra hidden duty- No 10 Petitio
Post by Geoff_W on Feb 11^th, 2010, 10:40am

Then 25940 this morning, headed in the right direction again.

Title: Re: VAT on fuel - extra hidden duty- No 10 Petitio
Post by Geoff_W on Feb 13^th, 2010, 12:21am

33695 on the 12th

Title: Re: VAT on fuel - extra hidden duty- No 10 Petitio
Post by Geoff_W on Feb 16^th, 2010, 10:46pm

48231 votes at 16th Feb
65000 votes at 20th Feb
77000 votes at 24th Feb