--- In [email protected], Trevor Sheppard <listsandst...@...> wrote: > > I find this all very confusing when trying to work out exactly what > rates of duty I am paying when I buy red diesel.... > > Over the winter I was buying 'red' from a local garage - and paying > under 70p a litre for it. > > The other day I bought fuel at Willowtree and 96.53 litres came to a > (not so) grand total of £92.66. > > OK, I do appreciate that they needed to make a profit on their nominal > £0.71p per litre, also that their turnover is not going to be a great as > a garage with good passing trade - but on an 80/20 split the additional > duty came to another 22% over what I had previously been paying (and > there was still that extra 5% of VAT added on top which I've not > included...) > > I'm not saying that I've been *done* (although I might have been .. > ignorance is occasionally a blessing .. lol ..!), just that I don't > understand how it is all worked out :-( > > Please - can somebody put me out of my misery? > > Trevor
Not really, but a very short while ago, in another place, I think Willowtree were castigate for conducting themselves fuel price wise in a manner that appeared to be contrary to legislation. It appears the price they displayed and verbally gave boaters was not in a form allowed. I think the conclusions was that they were expensive but did actually charge the correct price once duty and VAT were added and that Trading Standards should be informed. Tony Brooks
