Fuel tax

A fuel tax (also known as a petrol, gasoline or gas tax, or as a fuel duty) is an
excise tax imposed on the sale of fuel. In most countries the fuel tax is imposed
on fuels which are intended for transportation. Fuels used to power agricultural
vehicles, and/or home heating oil which is similar to diesel are taxed at a
different, usually lower rate. The fuel tax receipts are often dedicated or
hypothecated to transportation projects so that the fuel tax is considered by many
a user fee. In other countries, the fuel tax is a source of general revenue.
Sometimes, the fuel tax is used as an ecotax, to promote ecological sustainability.
Fuel taxes are often considered[by whom?] regressive taxes.[1]

Contents [hide]
1 Role in energy policy
2 Tax rates
2.1 Asia
2.1.1 China
2.1.2 Hong Kong
2.1.3 India
2.2 Europe
2.2.1 France
2.2.2 Germany
2.2.3 Netherlands
2.2.4 Norway
2.2.5 Poland
2.2.6 Russia
2.2.7 Sweden
2.2.8 United Kingdom
2.3 North America
2.3.1 Canada
2.3.2 United States
2.4 Oceania
2.4.1 Australia
2.4.2 New Zealand
2.5 Africa
2.5.1 South Africa
3 See also
4 References
5 External links
Role in energy policy[edit]
Taxes on transportation fuels have been advocated as a way to reduce pollution and
the possibility of global warming and conserve energy. Placing higher taxes on
fossil fuels makes petrol just as expensive as other fuels such as natural gas,
biodiesel or electric batteries, at a cost to the consumer in the form of inflation
as transportation costs rise to transport goods all over the country.

Proponents advocate that automobiles should pay for the roads they use and argue
that the user tax should not be applied to mass transit projects.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the International Energy Agency, the
International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank have called on governments to
increase gasoline tax rates in order to combat the social and environmental costs
of gasoline consumption.[2]

Tax rates[edit]
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(January 2010)
International pump prices for diesel and gasoline for November 2010 are available
at https://web.archive.org/web/20110315151539/http://www.gtz.de/en/themen/29957.htm
. Price history from surveys taken in November of even number years are also
available. Price differences mostly reflect differences in tax policy.

A Nature study has shown that while gasoline taxes have increased in more countries
than they have decreased in during the period 2003-2015, the global mean gasoline
tax has decreased due to greater consumption in the low tax countries.[2]

Fuel tax in OECD countries 2010 [3]

Asia[edit]
.

China[edit]
Chinese gasoline taxes have increased the most among the top twenty CO2-emitting
countries over the period 2003-2015.[2]

In China, fuel tax has been a very contentious issue. Efforts by the State Council
to institute a fuel tax in order to finance the National Trunk Highway System have
run into strong opposition from the National People's Congress, largely out of
concern for its impact on farmers. This has been one of the uncommon instances in
which the legislature has asserted its authority.[4]

Hong Kong[edit]
In Hong Kong, leaded petrol is taxed at HK$6.82 per litre and unleaded petrol at
HK$6.06 per litre. The tax on Euro V diesel is $0.[5] [6]

India[edit]
In India, the pricing of fuel varies by state, though central taxes still are part
of the pump price of fuel. The Central and state government's taxes make up nearly
half of petrol's pump price. The Central govt has different taxes, which amount to
about 2426% of the final cost. The states taxes vary, but on average end up making
about 2025% of the final cost. As a result, approximately 50% of the pump cost
goes to the government in the form of different taxes.

For example, in Bengaluru, Karnataka as of May 16, 2011, price of petrol is ?71.09
(US$1.10) per litre. Out of this, ?17.06 (27 US) go to Govt of India in the form
of excise and customs tax. ?16.63 (26 US) is collected by state government in the
form of sales tax and entry tax. Thus, a total of ?33.69 (53 US) is collected due
to various taxes (which accounts for around 47% of the total price).[7]

Europe[edit]
France[edit]
Petroleum products destined for utilisation by aircraft engaged in commercial
flights outside of the customs territory of continental France are exempt from all
customs duties and domestic taxes.[8]

Germany[edit]
Fuel taxes in Germany are 0.4704 per litre for ultra-low sulphur Diesel and
0.6545 per litre for conventional unleaded petrol, plus Value Added Tax (19%) on
the fuel itself and the Fuel Tax. That adds up to prices of 1.12 per litre for
ultra-low sulphur Diesel and 1.27 per litre (approximately US$6.14 per US gallon)
for unleaded petrol (December 2014).

Netherlands[edit]
The sale of fuels in the Netherlands is levied with an excise tax. As of 2015,
petrol excise tax is EUR0.766 per litre and diesel excise tax is EUR0.482 per
litre, while LPG excise tax is EUR0.185 per litre.[9] The 2007 fuel tax was 0.684
per litre or $3.5 per gallon. On top of that is 21% VAT over the entire fuel price,
making the Dutch taxes one of the highest in the world. In total, taxes account for
68.84% of the total price of petrol and 56.55% of the total price of diesel.[10] A
1995 excise was raised by Dutch gulden 25 cents (0.11), the Kok Quarter (0.08
raise per litre gasoline and 0.03 raise per litre diesel), by then Prime-Minister
Wim Kok is now specifically set aside by the second Balkenende cabinet for use in
road creation and road and public transport maintenance.

Norway[edit]
Motor fuel is taxed with both a road use tax and a CO2-tax. The road use tax on
petrol is NOK 4.62 per litre and the CO2-tax on petrol is NOK 0.88 per litre. The
road use tax on auto diesel is NOK 3.62 per litre mineral oil and NOK 1.81 per
litre bio diesel. The CO2-tax on mineral oil is NOK 0.59 per litre.[11]

Poland[edit]
In Poland half of the end-user price charged at a petrol station goes towards 3
distinct taxes:

akcyza (meaning excise)

oplata paliwowa (meaning fuel tax)
Value-added tax "VAT" at 23% (from summary of akcyza and oplata paliwowa, and the
price of petrol)
Excise and fuel tax are prescribed by European Commission law, and therefore cannot
be lower in any EU nation. However it is even higher than this EU minimum in
Poland, a policy pursued by the former Minister of finance. [12]

Russia[edit]
Tax on mineral resource extraction (20082009):

Oil: varies 1000 RUR/t 13800 RUR/t; middle MRET 3000 RUR/t (0.058 /l = 0.284
$/gal).
Natural gas: 147 RUR/1000m (4 /1000m).
Petroleum gas: no
Excise tax on motor fuel 20082009:

RON >80: 3629 RUR/t. (0.071 /l = 0.343 $/US gal)

RON <=80: 2657 RUR/t. (0.052 /l = 0.251 $/US
Other fuel (like avia gasoline, jet fuel, heavy oils, natural gas and autogas)
prices has no excise tax.

Value Added Tax 18% on fuel and taxes.

Full tax rate is near 55% of motor fuel prices (ministry of industry and energy
facts 2006).

Sweden[edit]
The fuel tax in Sweden comprises a carbon tax and an energy tax. The total tax
(including value added tax) is, from January 1, 2014, 8.285 kr per liter petrol.
[13]

United Kingdom[edit]
Main article: Hydrocarbon oil duty
From 23 March 2011 the UK duty rate for the road fuels unleaded petrol, diesel,
biodiesel and bioethanol is GB0.5795 per litre (2.63 per imperial gallon or 2.19
per U.S. gallon).[14]

Value Added Tax at 20% is also charged on the price of the fuel and on the duty. An
additional vehicle excise duty, depending on a vehicle's theoretical CO2 production
per kilometre, which is applied regardless of the amount of fuel actually consumed,
is also levied.

Diesel for use by farmers and construction vehicles is coloured red (Red Diesel)
and has a much reduced tax, currently GB0.1133 per litre (0.52 per imperial
gallon or 0.43 per U.S. gallon).[14]

Jet fuel used for international aviation attracts no duty, and no VAT.[15]

North America[edit]
Canada[edit]
Main article: Motor fuel taxes in Canada
Fuel taxes in Canada can vary greatly between locales. On average, about one-third
of the total price of gas at the pump is tax. Excise taxes on gasoline and diesel
are collected both federal and provincial governments, as well as by some select
municipalities (Montreal, Vancouver, and Victoria); with combined excise taxes
varying from 16.2 /L (73.6 /imperial gal; 61.2 /US gal) in the Yukon to 30.5 /L
($1.386/imperial gal; $1.153/US gal) in Vancouver. As well, the federal government
and some provincial governments (Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and
Quebec) collect sales tax (GST and PST) on top of the retail price and the excise
taxes.[16]

United States[edit]
Main article: Fuel taxes in the United States
The first U.S. state to enact a gas tax was Oregon in 1919.[17] The states of
Colorado, North Dakota, and New Mexico followed shortly thereafter. By 1929, all
existing 48 states had enacted some sort of gas tax.[18] Today, fuel taxes in the
United States vary by state. The United States federal excise tax on gasoline is
18.4 cents per gallon (4.86 /L) and 24.4 cents per gallon (6.45 /L) for diesel
fuel. On average, as of July 2016, state and local taxes add 29.78 cents to
gasoline and 29.81 cents to diesel for a total US average fuel tax of 48.18 cents
per gallon for gas (12.89 /L) and 54.21 cents per gallon for diesel (14.37 /L).
[19]

The state and local tax figures includes fixed-per-gallon taxes as well as
variable-rate taxes such as those levied as a percentage of the sales price. For
state-level fuel taxes, nineteen states and the District of Columbia levy variable-
rate taxes of some kind.[20] The other thirty one states do not tie the per-gallon
tax rate to inflation, gas prices, or other factors, and the rate changes only by
legislation. As of July 2016, twenty one states had gone ten years or more without
an increase in their per-gallon gasoline tax rate.[21]

Because the fuel tax is universally styled as a "road use" tax, exempting off-road
farming, marine, etc. use; states impose a tax on commercial operators traveling
through their state as if the fuel used was bought there, wherever the fuel is
purchased. While most commercial truck drivers have an agent to handle the required
paperwork: what's reported is how much tax was collected in each state, how much
should have been paid to each state, the net tax for each state and the combined
net tax for all states to be paid by or refunded to the operator by their base
jurisdiction where they file. The operator carries paperwork proving compliance.
The member jurisdictions, the US states and the CA provinces, transmit the return
information to each other and settle their net tax balances with each other either
by a single transmittal through a clearinghouse set up by the IFTA and operated by
Morgan Stanley, or by separate transfers with the other member jurisdictions.[22]

Oceania[edit]
Australia[edit]
The fuel tax system in Australia is very similar to Canada in terms of featuring
both a fixed and a variable tax, but varies in the case of exemptions including tax
credits and certain excise free fuel.
Since 2015, the fuel tax in Australia is A$0.38143 per litre for petrol and ultra-
low sulphur diesel (conventional diesel being taxed at A$0.38143 per litre) and the
excise for LPG is $0.225 per litre. Since 2000, there is also the GST on top of the
fuel tax and inflation calculated twice a year into the fuel tax since 2015.

New Zealand[edit]
Fuel taxes in New Zealand are considered an excise applied by the New Zealand
Customs Service on shipments brought into the country. A breakdown of the fuel
taxes is published by the Ministry of Economic Development. Excise as at 1 August
2012 totals 50.524 cents per litre ($1.89/imperial gal; $1.58/US gal) on petrol. In
addition the national compulsory Accident Compensation Corporation motor vehicle
account receives a contribution of 9.9 cents/litre (37.1/imperial gal; 30.9/US
gal). The ethanol component of bio blended petrol currently attracts no excise
duty. This was to be reviewed in 2012. Diesel is not taxed at the pump, but road
users with vehicles over 3.5 tonne in Gross Laden Weight and any vehicles not
powered wholly by any combination of petrol, LPG or CNG must pay the Road User
Charge instead. The Goods and Services Tax (15%) is then applied to the combined
total of the value of the commodity and the various taxes. On 25 July 2007 the
Minister of Transport Annette King announced that from 1 July 2008 all fuel excise
collected would be hypothecated to the National Land Transport Programme.[23]

Africa[edit]
South Africa[edit]
Diesel tax - for road use ( $ per gallon ): $1.46. Gasoline tax - for road use ( $
per gallon ): $1.58.

See also[edit]
Carbon tax
Fuel taxes and rising oil prices how the taxes of various countries could be used
to mitigate the rise in oil prices since 2003
Excise tax
Vehicle miles traveled tax
International Fuel Tax Agreement
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External links[edit]
International Fuel Prices 2009 with diesel and gasoline prices of 172 countries and
information on fuel taxation for state financing
2012 NACS Retail Fuels Report
Actual taxes on Unleaded and diesel Fuels in Europe
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