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TAX POLICY * Australia - ATA says no to higher truck charges
"We will pay our fair share and no more," St Clair says...
Canberra,ACT,Australia -ABC -23 April 2010: ... The trucking industry’s peak lobby group has shot down claims that operators should pay higher registration and fuel fees, claiming a new wave of charges will short-change operators... The Australian Trucking Association (ATA) today rejected a National Transport Commission (NTC) proposal for a 4.2 percent increase to registration fees and the fuel excise due to a 10.7 percent rise in government road expenditure... If passed, the NTC’s proposal would push the cost of registering a B-double to $15,340 a year and cut the diesel rebate by almost one cent from July 1 this year. The cost of registering a semi-trailer will go from $5310 to $5612... The cost of registering a B-double will rise from $12,214 to $14,746 without the extra 4.2 percent... But ATA Chief Executive, Stuart St Clair says, governments will already collect enough money from operators from existing charges... He has rubbished the NTC’s claim the 4.2 percent will collect the $2.21 billion owed to governments, saying the ATA has forecast it will be $2.98 billion – an extra $776 million... The increases are also due to end subsidisation of larger combinations by smaller trucks...Labels: taxes policys
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