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Max Demian wrote:
On 01/11/2017 10:36, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Vir Campestris wrote:
On 30/10/2017 10:45, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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.

Petrol for a boat is road petrol. Diesel for a boat can be red diesel.
Sometimes... the law is complex.

Quite. When the decision was made to have two types of diesel, it may
not have been anticipated how much pleasure boating with diesels there
would be.

If fuel duty is to pay for roads, why should boats pay for them?

Can you give an example of any ring fenced tax? The TV licence would be
the closest one.

Does the duty on alcohol all get spent on making pubs nicer? ;-)

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