On 2 Apr 2007, at 20:47, Brian Holt wrote: > > "Andy Greener" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in > message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > : On 2 Apr 2007, at 14:32, Susan Burchett wrote: > : > : > On the other hand if hire boats are using red there will be no > : > reason for > : > them to stock white as well. Commercial fuel boats will be selling > : > red for > : > heating so will they want to put another tank in? > : > : You have to get inside the bureaucratic mind Sue to understand what > : will happen in practice - all diesel sold will be white (i.e. fully > : taxed), and you'll have to apportion your own use between propulsion > : and heating/electricity generation and proactively claim a rebate on > : the allowable portion. Hire operators will simply claim a rebate on > : the lot as commercial operators. > > But I didn't think the hire companies were going to be allowed red as > hires are the end users and that's leisure.
Whether they are allowed to use red diesel or not, my premise stands - apportionment and rebate claims will be the order of the day. Mark my words... -- Andy Greener n.b. Whisper Pangbourne, UK http://www.nb-whisper.com "Standards are an endurance sport."
