ACC Levies

[varminter]

ACC is an acronym, it stands for ''A Collection of Cunts.''

[nodrog:Me]

ACC is an acronym, it stands for ''A Collection of Cunts.''

whatever, cunts are useful!

[varminter]

I stand corrected. Then perhaps A Covey of Cretins

[jaykay]

That is because the cost of petrol includes an ACC levy component , whilst diesel does not. So the extra 'rego' cost is to make up the shortfall on the fuel. Which actually is logical.

There is an ACC component in Road User Charges for diesel vehicles, and this amount is obviously dependant on distance driven, which to some extent is true of taxes on petrol.

So why do diesel vehicles have higher rego? As it is a fixed cost it rewards anyone who does big miles and penalises low users - much like the extra cost for bikes.

[Ixion]

The RUC charge does not include an ACC compoenent.

Petrol taxes have three components : a central government levy (pays for roads) ; a local area surcharge (theoretically also for roads) ; and an ACC levy (goes to ACC). And petrol vehicles pay a registration levy (goes to government) and an ACC levy (goes ot ACC). So for petrol vehicles ACC get money from each litre of petrol, and from the registration levy

Diesel pays RUC instead. But they only include only the government levy. Nothing for ACC. So ACC, for diesel vehicles , only get the income form the registration levy. The levy is therefore higher , to make up for the missing fuel levy.

The oft voiced complaints of diesel owners are actually based on a demand that they should pay less than other people. Or perhaps they ahve not noticed that the cost of diesel per litre is less than that of petrol. Guess why?

The calculations are all easily available on the web (try the ACC website !).

[MarkH]

whatever, cunts are useful!

Not 5 1/2 foot tall ones.

[bucket boy]

Not 5 1/2 foot tall ones.

nodrog likes those ones

[Dargor]

The sexual affiliation of ACC and the government aside.
Protests are cool, lets do it. Nothings going to change on its own.

[bigfoot]

Too right. Its typical of our grandma (the state) to deal with issues by introducing laws that decrease the number of instances and let a minority group be disadvantaged (dairy owner/liqour store owner/bikers) rather than sit at the drawing board and try and negate the cause.
Is there such a thing as being tooo PC ?

[Max Preload]

Protests are cool, lets do it. Nothings going to change on its own.

Did it in '93. I'd gladly do it again.