I can get a bottle of 50% isopropyl alcohol here in the UK from a
dicount store for about 0.70 UK Pounds (approx 1 US dollar). I use it
for general household cleaning.

The bottle is 473 ml (1 US pint). The 50% is by volume.

Alcohol is so heavily taxed in the UK and this is particularly cheap. I
suspect that the price of 0.70 UKP many not cover the cost of the UK tax
due on it.

Does anyone know how much UK tax should be paid on 230 ml of isopropyl
alcohol?

VAT only on retail sales at 17.5%. Consumer prices are usually quoted
VAT inclusive, whist trade prices are ex-vat (and will usually be
labelled as such). If you are exporting it from the EU there is no vat
to pay.

Heavy alcohol taxation is on alcoholic beverages - I don't recommend
drinking isopropanol.

wrote:

I don't recommend
drinking isopropanol.

Now you tell me...

The message .com
from contains these words:

I don't recommend
drinking isopropanol.

Now you tell me...

Does your breath now smell of acetone?

--
Skipweasel
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

Guy King wrote:
The message .com
from contains these words:

I don't recommend
drinking isopropanol.

Now you tell me...

Does your breath now smell of acetone?

It might if I didn't mix it with Super Tennants.

On 11 Jul 2006 09:12:46 -0700, " wrote:

VAT only on retail sales at 17.5%.



GASP that's a STEEP sales tax... do you pay income tax also? what
about a regional/provisional sales or income taxes?

beav wrote:

On 11 Jul 2006 09:12:46 -0700, " wrote:

VAT only on retail sales at 17.5%.

GASP that's a STEEP sales tax... do you pay income tax also?

Yes, and National Insurance, which is another type of income tax.

what about a regional/provisional sales or income taxes?

No.


Health care costs are a lot cheaper than in America though.

On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 14:59:38 +0100, Jonathan Bryce jonathan@localhost
wrote:

|beav wrote:
|
| On 11 Jul 2006 09:12:46 -0700, " wrote:
|
|VAT only on retail sales at 17.5%.
|
| GASP that's a STEEP sales tax... do you pay income tax also?
|
|Yes, and National Insurance, which is another type of income tax.
|
| what about a regional/provisional sales or income taxes?
|
|No.
|
|
|Health care costs are a lot cheaper than in America though.

Free at the point of need.
Good old NHS :-)
--
Dave Fawthrop dave hyphenologist co uk Google Groups is IME the *worst*
method of accessing usenet. GG subscribers would be well advised get a
newsreader, say Agent, and a newsserver, say news.individual.net. These
will allow them: to see only *new* posts, a killfile, and other goodies.

Dave Fawthrop wrote:

|Health care costs are a lot cheaper than in America though.

Free at the point of need.
Good old NHS :-)

I wouldn't use the word free when there are prescription charges, optician
charges and dentist charges, but certainly a lot cheaper.

Dave Fawthrop wrote:
On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 14:59:38 +0100, Jonathan Bryce jonathan@localhost
wrote:

|
|
|Health care costs are a lot cheaper than in America though.

Free at the point of need.

only after you've spent 45mins waiting for a place in the hospital car
park for a parking spot & then forked out a tenner or more for the
parking fee.

Not to mention the instant clampers at the surgery who'll get you even
if its a dire emergency.

nasty stealth tax

Good old NHS :-)

& economics of a mad house.

Means hospital medical staff (££££££ per hour) & everyone else
waste time due to late arrival of patients, missed appontments, etc etc

stupid old NHS :-((

Don W wrote:

Alcohol is so heavily taxed in the UK and this is particularly cheap.

No - spirits are subject to excise duty. Isopropyl alcohol isn't a
spirit...

Does anyone know how much UK tax should be paid on 230 ml of isopropyl
alcohol?

Customs and Excise probably do... You could visit their web site.
This link may help - http://tinyurl.com/k8ur4

The message om
from contains these words:

No - spirits are subject to excise duty. Isopropyl alcohol isn't a
spirit...

Not a potable one, anyway.

--
Skipweasel
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

Don W wrote:
I can get a bottle of 50% isopropyl alcohol here in the UK from a
dicount store for about 0.70 UK Pounds (approx 1 US dollar). I use it
for general household cleaning.

The bottle is 473 ml (1 US pint). The 50% is by volume.

Alcohol is so heavily taxed in the UK and this is particularly cheap.
I suspect that the price of 0.70 UKP many not cover the cost of the
UK tax due on it.

Does anyone know how much UK tax should be paid on 230 ml of isopropyl
alcohol?

Only the dreaded VAT. No duty on IPA - 'cos no one drinks it. Had it been
ethanol.....

--
Ron Jones
Process Safety & Development Specialist
Don't repeat history, unreported chemical lab/plant near missesa at
http://www.crhf.org.uk Only two things are certain: The universe and
human stupidity; and I'm not certain about the universe. ~ Albert
Einstein

Ron Jones wrote:

Only the dreaded VAT. No duty on IPA - 'cos no one drinks it. Had it been
ethanol.....

There is duty on Industrial Methylated Sprit though, and that is not
exactly drinkable.

--
Cheers,

John.

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On 11 Jul 2006, Ron wrote:

Don W wrote:
I can get a bottle of 50% isopropyl alcohol here in the UK from a
dicount store for about 0.70 UK Pounds (approx 1 US dollar). I
use it for general household cleaning.

The bottle is 473 ml (1 US pint). The 50% is by volume.

Alcohol is so heavily taxed in the UK and this is particularly
cheap. I suspect that the price of 0.70 UKP many not cover the
cost of the UK tax due on it.

Does anyone know how much UK tax should be paid on 230 ml of
isopropyl alcohol?

Only the dreaded VAT. No duty on IPA - 'cos no one drinks it. Had
it been ethanol.....


No duty?

U pay about £4.50 for 500ml of isopropyl at my local chemist. I
thought the high-ish price was mainly for duty.

Am I being way over-charged?

Don W wrote:
On 11 Jul 2006, Ron wrote:

Don W wrote:
I can get a bottle of 50% isopropyl alcohol here in the UK from a
dicount store for about 0.70 UK Pounds (approx 1 US dollar). I
use it for general household cleaning.

The bottle is 473 ml (1 US pint). The 50% is by volume.

Alcohol is so heavily taxed in the UK and this is particularly
cheap. I suspect that the price of 0.70 UKP many not cover the
cost of the UK tax due on it.

Does anyone know how much UK tax should be paid on 230 ml of
isopropyl alcohol?
Only the dreaded VAT. No duty on IPA - 'cos no one drinks it. Had
it been ethanol.....


No duty?

U pay about £4.50 for 500ml of isopropyl at my local chemist. I
thought the high-ish price was mainly for duty.

Am I being way over-charged?

Bulk cost per tonne is £380 ie 38p per litre
http://ed.icheme.org/costchem.html

Which does look very attractive compared to petrol prices...
Still, methanol is 13p per litre.

Dirk

On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 01:13:12 +0100,
Dirk Bruere at NeoPax
wrote in :
Don W wrote:
On 11 Jul 2006, Ron wrote:

Don W wrote:
I can get a bottle of 50% isopropyl alcohol here in the UK from a
dicount store for about 0.70 UK Pounds (approx 1 US dollar). I
use it for general household cleaning.

The bottle is 473 ml (1 US pint). The 50% is by volume.

Alcohol is so heavily taxed in the UK and this is particularly
cheap. I suspect that the price of 0.70 UKP many not cover the
cost of the UK tax due on it.

Does anyone know how much UK tax should be paid on 230 ml of
isopropyl alcohol?

Only the dreaded VAT. No duty on IPA - 'cos no one drinks it. Had
it been ethanol.....

No duty?

U pay about £4.50 for 500ml of isopropyl at my local chemist. I
thought the high-ish price was mainly for duty.

Am I being way over-charged?

Bulk cost per tonne is £380 ie 38p per litre
http://ed.icheme.org/costchem.html

Actually, since its specific density is ~0.79, that's more like
30p/litre.
http://www.chemicalland21.com/petroc...SOPROPANOL.htm

Which does look very attractive compared to petrol prices...
Still, methanol is 13p per litre.

Similar density, so closer to 10p. Admittedly, those prices are from
a 2002 survey, so probably a bit out of date now, especially where oil-derived
chemicals are concerned.

--
Ivan Reid, Electronic & Computer Engineering, ___ CMS Collaboration,
Brunel University. ] Room 40-1-B12, CERN
KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".

Dr Ivan D. Reid wrote:
On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 01:13:12 +0100,
Dirk Bruere at NeoPax
wrote in :
Don W wrote:
On 11 Jul 2006, Ron wrote:

Don W wrote:
I can get a bottle of 50% isopropyl alcohol here in the UK from a
dicount store for about 0.70 UK Pounds (approx 1 US dollar). I
use it for general household cleaning.

The bottle is 473 ml (1 US pint). The 50% is by volume.

Alcohol is so heavily taxed in the UK and this is particularly
cheap. I suspect that the price of 0.70 UKP many not cover the
cost of the UK tax due on it.

Does anyone know how much UK tax should be paid on 230 ml of
isopropyl alcohol?

Only the dreaded VAT. No duty on IPA - 'cos no one drinks it. Had
it been ethanol.....

No duty?

U pay about £4.50 for 500ml of isopropyl at my local chemist. I
thought the high-ish price was mainly for duty.

Am I being way over-charged?

Bulk cost per tonne is £380 ie 38p per litre
http://ed.icheme.org/costchem.html

Actually, since its specific density is ~0.79, that's more like
30p/litre.
http://www.chemicalland21.com/petroc...SOPROPANOL.htm

Which does look very attractive compared to petrol prices...
Still, methanol is 13p per litre.

Similar density, so closer to 10p. Admittedly, those prices are from
a 2002 survey, so probably a bit out of date now, especially where oil-derived
chemicals are concerned.


Double it and it still looks good.

Dirk

Don W wrote:
On 11 Jul 2006, Ron wrote:

Don W wrote:
I can get a bottle of 50% isopropyl alcohol here in the UK from a
dicount store for about 0.70 UK Pounds (approx 1 US dollar). I
use it for general household cleaning.

The bottle is 473 ml (1 US pint). The 50% is by volume.

Alcohol is so heavily taxed in the UK and this is particularly
cheap. I suspect that the price of 0.70 UKP many not cover the
cost of the UK tax due on it.

Does anyone know how much UK tax should be paid on 230 ml of
isopropyl alcohol?

Only the dreaded VAT. No duty on IPA - 'cos no one drinks it. Had
it been ethanol.....


No duty?

U pay about £4.50 for 500ml of isopropyl at my local chemist. I
thought the high-ish price was mainly for duty.

Am I being way over-charged?

You are paying for someone(s) to bottle it, store it in bottles, pack it,
distribute it, allow for breakage and clean up - now you know how the
farmers feel with their milk prices...
Off hand, I would estimate that the buying price is around 150-200GBP for a
200 litre drum - but you would not be able (as a private person) to buy a
drum in the UK.


--
Ron Jones
Process Safety & Development Specialist
Don't repeat history, unreported chemical lab/plant near misses at
http://www.crhf.org.uk Only two things are certain: The universe and
human stupidity; and I'm not certain about the universe. ~ Albert
Einstein