PETROL COSTS....

[Flyingpony]

I don't seem to get too upset about the government tax on fuel. Probably because I am a Labour person. If the tax is removed, then the tax will be added somewhere else.

Only thing was that I prefered the Regos at $290 per year. Rather than ACC reducing their levy taking it from $275 to $230?? - Following that putting a 5c per litre ACC tax for petrol. Every year from now it will be adjusted for inflation.

If you use 20x35 ( 700 litres ) of fuel on your motorbike each year. 7000kms-14000kms I guess. You are worse off. So I guess that ACC is the only thing I have a beef with.

In that case I win big time. My bike consumes about 100l per year.

[wkid_one]

If we didn't pay GST on petrol tax, we would have more money to spend on other things, and yes, those other things would have a GST component but that's beside the point, the fact is that you could choose to spend that money on something else!
I could choose to put the extra GST collected into my mortgage for example.

I 100% agree with not having GST on a tax......like paying GST on your rates...what I joke.

Next they will charge me GST on my PAYE

[NC]

Yeah, I'm sure that all the freight companies are going to say ok...


Well all think it's bullshit about the petrol prices going up, frankly I'm really fucken sick of it.

But come on.

[thehollowmen]

If you use 20x35 ( 700 litres ) of fuel on your motorbike each year. 7000kms-14000kms I guess. You are worse off. So I guess that ACC is the only thing I have a beef with.

I used that in the past four months
:-o

[crazylittleshit]

I 100% agree with not having GST on a tax......like paying GST on your rates...what I joke.

Next they will charge me GST on my PAYE

A tax on a tax just another way our wonderful government screws use again.

[hazard02]

Someones started one of those chain-text thingies about this petrol-free day. ive gotten the message from 6 people in the last hour or so, so word is getting around (at least on the vodafone network anyway).
im not going to be surprised if we see a 'coincidental' price drop of 5c a litre on the 5th. it'd be just the thing these big oil companies would do to slap down any sort of revoltion..
course it'd be back up to $1.50 per litre or whatever the next day.

[Pixie]

Anytime.



I disagree...for a couple of reasons.
If we didn't pay GST on petrol tax, we would have more money to spend on other things, and yes, those other things would have a GST component but that's beside the point, the fact is that you could choose to spend that money on something else!
I could choose to put the extra GST collected into my mortgage for example.

The worst part of GST on petrol is the fact that more than 50% off the cost is already tax,and we are paying GST on that tax

[wkid_one]

Actually 42.3% as I mentioned already

The worst part of GST on petrol is the fact that more than 50% off the cost is already tax,and we are paying GST on that tax

[crazyxr250rider]

hmmmmmm stoped using our v8 because of petrol prices

[crazyxr250rider]

How would boycotting one station or brand affect the price of petrol.
What is it you would hope to achieve by doing this?

boycotting one sation would force that station to lower its prices but notice how 90% of the time all stations have the same prices make sense?