While tax increases and changes in tax law are inevitable and even necessary, if not always welcome, it’s already been a difficult year for Britain’s motorists, and proposed tax changes
An increase in fuel duty for conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles of 2p per litre could raise £4bn over the next five years, whereas a continued freeze on fuel
WITH the announcement that all petrol and diesel car sales will end by 2040, it raises the prospect of how the government will replace its current fuel duty tax take.
THE Miles Consultancy, the fuel and mileage specialist, is warning that falling oil prices could lead to the Government creating a fuel tax trap for road users. Planned fuel duty
ONE thing’s for sure – fuel costs have been going down recently as the price of crude drops but thankfully the Chancellor George Osborne decided not to capitalise on this
THE Chancellor in his Budget today (19 March) has confirmed the cancellation of the fuel duty rise scheduled for September. The fuel duty rise cancellation was already signalled in the
YOU probably breathed a sigh of relief when the Chancellor announced that next year’s planned 1.6p a litre rise in fuel duty was going to be frozen. It means that
THERE are cautious signs of welcome news for SMEs in the Chancellor’s 2013 Budget. First, he’s scrapped the planned fuel duty rise in September. The fuel duty rise was originally
With increasing efficiency of engines and the growth of alternative fuels, the tax income from road use is declining.
What will the government do to combat the drop-off in
Low duty (‘red’) diesel gets the revenue treatment
HMRC is to raise its game against fuel fiddlers
Story: Richard Davies
JUNE 2012: The fuel duty hike has been postponed – but are you using the right mileage rates?
Author: ROBIN ROBERTS The Government has done a U-turn on plans to impose a 3p-a-litre rise in fuel duty from the end of July. Chancellor George Osborne has announced today
Story: RICHARD DAVIES Good news for hard-pressed small businesses. The Government has announced that the 3p per litre increase in fuel duty scheduled to come into effect in August will
What the Budget means to business car drivers and managers
FUEL is rising in September which means increased costs for businesses. And with new company car tax bands, the
THERE is no longer any rationale for the government’s annual fuel duty ‘escalator’ and the Chancellor should scrap it in the March Budget, argues Mark Sinclair, director of leasing company
HERE we go then. Fuel is on the rise from tomorrow. In the then Chancellor Alistair Darling’s Budget fuel duty received a 1p increase in April, and the same amount
My Audi A6: you need the car’s frugal TDIe engine with the cost of fuel skyrocketing Business Car Manager: Editor’s Blog OUCH! Just put fuel in my Audi A6: 120.9p
I’ve been at the wheel of several test cars recently – or just walked to work. So it was a real pleasure last night getting back into the Audi A4.
Motoring – the costs involved always seem to creep up somehow. The latest blow to your pocket will be delivered tonight by Alistair Darling, when the Chancellor will finger your
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