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bert[_7_]

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On Mon, 30 Oct 2017 10:45:25 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
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So you are saying if I buy a gallon of petrol or diesel for my boat I
don't pay tax on it? How do they know at the petrol station what I'm
going to use it for?

I dunno about petrol for a boat, as they are going to be pretty rare,
other than a small outboard, etc. Others will fill up at a marine filling
station - not on the M1. And your car might get rather soggy is you tried
to use that.

Diesel is called red or white. One is taxed for road vehicles. the other
not.
Not necessarily.

One thing that changed a few years back in 2008 after pressure from
Europe was that the use of rebated diesel for pleasure craft was no
longer allowed.
A narrow boat owner touring for pleasure or someone with a large cabin
cruiser they are going out for a jolly on is supposed to pay duty on
diesel used for propulsion purposes. If the narrow boat is a rare
example of one still carrying a commercial cargo then it can still use
diesel at the lower rate as presumably could a cabin cruiser that is
earning money as a commercial operation giving rides around the bay

This understandably caused problems as on a boat there are times when
the engine may be acting as a generator or supplying a heater from the
same tank.
Consequently what is supposed to happen is that on sale of fuel to a
pleasure boat the supplier collects full duty even though the diesel
is red for what is intended for propulsion and the purchaser self
declares on an official form how much they use for non propulsion
purposes and the supplier takes the lesser amount for what has been
declared.
A fine example of EU red tape.
Naturally the Powers that be would come down hard on anybody abusing
the system.
A few years back the EU was trying to remove even that concession but
as far as I know the government has managed to resist that .
If it had been implemented it would have meant boats having separate
tanks and some boatyards would not have room for additional ones on
shore.

G.Harman

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bert