Hi all
Have to say that I find it less than amusing that Avgas, thanks to a concerted campaign backed by the CAA is to be classified as a "special fuel" so that it can be taxed at the minimum rate of increase. So users of private planes are going to be treated very differently to those of us who have boats.
Having read some of the Parliamentary discussions where we are ALL deemed by some MP's to have mega - Gin palaces, and so can well afford to pay more than double for our fuel, it really is ironic that most of us could not afford a private plane!
Surely if there was a fuel that should be classified as "special" it should be red. It is not used in road vehicles, and like Avgas has a "specialist" application, marine, agricultural, heating etc.
Have the various marine related bodies asked the question why aviation as a recreational pursuit merits a more beneficial tax structure to that of boating?
Edited by ukbaz (06/11/2007 19:22)
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