[jambutty]

Originally Posted by katex

Sorry to use my personal consultant on these matters, but just explaining where your VAT money goes from petrol :-

'Firstly, the tax on fuel is proportionate to the cost of driving. The Treasury pays for a range of things from the fuel budget - new road construction (1mile of motorway is estimated to cost £4m from inception to completion), road maintenance (which is suffering from a massive backlog), public transport infrastructure and subsidy (disabled passes, concessionary passes, fare reimbursement for socially necessary services), police and emergency services, logistics maintenance and infrastructure (pipes, transport etc) and the administration agencies (DfT, DVLA etc which are necessary). That's not including the huge expense of the now necessary consultation and public inquiry procedures that are in place to liaise with interest groups and stakeholders'

All down to the privilege of driving. Comes with a price.

Just a couple of points.

Wasn’t the Road Fund License supposed to be ring fenced for the maintenance and building of new roads?

What about the import duty? What happens to that?

Currently the duty on a litre of petrol/diesel is just over 50p. This is added to the actual cost of fuel and then VAT is charged on the whole amount. A bit like having your cake and eating it.