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Aug 25, 2012

TAXES POLICYS * China

* HK - Beijing mulls traffic congestion charges

(Photo: Traffic congestion on Beijiing)

Causeway Bay,Hong Kong,China -The South China Morning Post, by Stephen Chen -Aug 18, 2012: -- Capital will study introduction of a transport levy and a 'smart' system to collect toll revenue, its new five-year plan reveals Beijing car owners may have to pay more in the future, as the city is among a growing number of mainland cities that are considering introducing congestion charges. In a new five-year transport plan released this week, Beijing's transport commission said it would start studying congestion fees and would develop a "smart" transport management information system with the ability to collect congestion toll charges... Other major cities - such as Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen - and smaller ones like Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province, have been considering rolling out congestion charges or have even included them in government plans. Beijing's move, however, is likely to be more significant, given its national importance and its status as arguably the most congested mainland city. The controversial policy of limiting the number of cars on the roads through a licence plate lottery was first adapted in Beijing before spreading to other cities...

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May 11, 2011

TAX POLICY * Australia - Federal Budget 2011: Truck drivers keep fuel tax credits

Truck drivers will continue to receive fuel tax credits

(Image from wikimedia.org/wikipedia)
Canberra,Australia -Australian Trucking Association/Logistics -11 May 2011: ... Operators in the trucking industry receive fuel tax credits of 15.543 cents per litre on the fuel they use, provided they meet one of four environmental conditions. The fuel tax credit rate is set so the trucking industry pays for its use of the road system, based on figures calculated independently by the National Transport Commission... Chief Executive of the Australian Trucking Association, Stuart St Clair, said the Federal Government had made the right decision to keep the fuel tax credit system, despite the pressure on the Budget and intensive lobbying from its partner in government, the Greens, and the environmental movement...

(Picture from hboemtb: Pacific Highway Upgrade: Bonville, Australia)
St Clair welcomed the Government’s announcement of extra funding for Australia’s roads, including an extra billion dollars for the Pacific Highway... The Government will also invest $25.3 million to continue work on developing the national regulators for heavy vehicles, the rail sector, and the maritime sector...

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May 6, 2011

BILLS & DRAFTS * USA - Limiting tax authority of out-of-state truckers pursued on Capitol Hill

“Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2011”

Washington,DC,USA -Land Line Magazine, by Jami Jones -4 May 2011: -- More and more states, as well as cities, are cashing in on out-of-state truckers doing business in the area. That patchwork of tax laws is the target of a new bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. The “Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2011,” was introduced by Rep. Robert Goodlatte, R-VA, in the House on April 8. It addresses such taxes as corporate taxes, franchise taxes, income taxes and business activity taxes... The bill seeks to establish a national standard on these taxes so they can only apply to businesses located in a city or state... The bill would allow the taxes on businesses that are physically located in the state or local jurisdiction. That means businesses with employees, a building, etc. The bill seeks to prevent taxes on “transient business activity,” for example trucks picking up and delivering freight...

* USA - HOS : Safety advisory committee focuses on trucker detention time

Washington,DC,USA -Land Line Magazine, by David Tanner -4 May 2011: -- Time squandered at the shipping docks is an issue of trucker safety and hours-of-service compliance, according to a federally appointed committee that has taken up the issue of detention time... The Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee, is urging FMCSA to seek the authority to address the issue and hold shippers and others more accountable... When a trucker is needlessly detained at the docks without consideration or compensation for time spent, that trucker’s ability to comply with hours-of-service rules is compromised, committee members said...

* Obama Draft Plan Eyes VMT, Interstate Tolling

Washington,DC,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by John D. Boyd -May 5, 2011: -- Informal working document for highway bill also would set up a freight office at the DOT... The Obama administration has been floating draft language for surface transportation legislation that could lead to a tax on vehicle miles traveled, allow states to impose tolls on some existing interstate highways and set up an Office of Freight Policy inside the Department of Transportation... DOT officials will not confirm that the “Transportation Opportunities Act” is their work. But industry groups are taking it seriously as a first sign of what the administration is considering in detail, while committees in Congress prepare to write their own versions of a six-year surface transportation bill to replace programs that will expire in September... Washington sources say the document now getting attention was first distributed in March to a small group of transportation specialists. The administration sent out the draft for their comments to help shape a future plan, sources say, with the understanding they would not discuss it...

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Apr 19, 2011

TAX POLICY * USA - Pennsylvania drivers could be taxed on miles traveled, not gas usage

"Taxing motorists on the miles they drive -- rather than the gas they use -- could provide a more stable source of funding for transportation"

Pittsburgh,PENN,USA -The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, by Tom Fontaine -April 5, 2011: -- Taxing motorists on the miles they drive -- rather than the gas they use -- could provide a more stable source of funding for transportation, the chairman of the state House Transportation Committee said yesterday... Because many new vehicles use less gas, experts predict per-gallon gas-tax revenue will taper off or even drop... Similar studies have been conducted in Oregon, Washington and Georgia, though no states have implemented a program... The report conceded it would require a lot of time and money to get metering equipment in all vehicles, and the equipment could fuel privacy concerns. Collecting vehicle-mile taxes would likely be more costly and complicated than fuel taxes, the report said... But revenue from vehicle-mile taxes could be less volatile than per-gallon taxes as vehicle fuel efficiency improves, the report said... (Photo from octa.net: Traffic congestion on the Riverside Freeway)

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Nov 3, 2010

TAXES * USA / California - Air district's DMV fine will hurt valley families

Bakersfield,CAL,USA -Bakersfield.com, by LEE PERSINGER -Nov 2, 2010: -- The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District has struck again, this time to the tune of an additional $12 tax to be added to the existing $7 tax and attached to our vehicle registrations. Of course, this tax only applies to valley residents... The members of the valley air district board are the largest collection of gutless wonders I have ever seen. They are terrified to go after the refineries, or the trucking industry and train industries because of their unions. They are unwilling to try to do anything about taxing the thousands of vehicles that travel through the valley on Interstate 5 or Highway 99 every day and don't live in the valley. So all that's left for these gutless wonders to do is tax the people who can afford it the least and feel safe in the knowledge that these people cannot afford to fight back... According to The Californian, Kern County's unemployment rate is 15 percent. There are hundreds of families losing their homes; they can't afford to put food on their tables for their kids or afford health insurance. If any of these people want to drive a car to look for work, they are going to be taxed a total of $19 in addition to their regular state registration fees. I don't know how people as despicable as the valley air district board members can sleep at night... (Photo from dbtechno: San Joaquin valley dust)

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Oct 9, 2010

TAX POLICY * USA - House bill would replace excise tax with fuel tax

Buyers of used trucks would not see a savings because the 12 percent federal excise tax only applies to new equipment

Washington,DC,USA -Land Line Magazine, by David Tanner -October 8, 2010: -- Calling it the Heavy Vehicle Fairness Act., a lawmaker in the U.S. House has filed a bill to eliminate the 12 percent excise tax on new trucks and trailers and replace it with a diesel tax increase of 7.3 cents per gallon. Those buying equipment could see significant savings. For other truck owners, the shift would amount to a tax increase of $1,200 per year for 100,000 miles traveled... How it affects truckers and their businesses depends on a lot of factors, which include equipment purchases, fuel surcharges and rates... According to a survey conducted by the OOIDA Foundation, OOIDA members average 100,000 miles per year and achieve about 6 mpg. That would translate to a fuel tax increase of $1,217 per year if the Blumenauer bill becomes law... The Foundation survey shows that the average cost of a new truck is $112,314. So, without a 12 percent excise tax of $13,478, the purchaser would realize significant savings... Buyers of used trucks would not see a savings because the 12 percent federal excise tax only applies to new equipment. Therefore, those equipment owners would see their taxes go up... According to the OOIDA Foundation, the median age for OOIDA members’ trucks is seven years (2003)...

* Report: U.S. transportation system failing: "A steady erosion of the social and economic foundations for American prosperity in the long run..."

Washington,DC,USA -The Washington Post, by Ashley Halsey III -October 5, 2010: ... U.S. investment in preservation and development of transportation infrastructure lags so far behind that of China, Russia and European nations that it will lead to "a steady erosion of the social and economic foundations for American prosperity in the long run"... That is a central conclusion in a report issued on behalf of about 80 transportation experts who met for three days in September 2009 at the University of Virginia. Few of their conclusions were groundbreaking, but the weight of their credentials lends gravity to their findings... The key to salvation is developing new long-term funding sources to replace the waning revenue from federal and state gas taxes that largely paid for the construction and expansion of the highway system in the 1950s and 1960s, the report said... A major increase in the federal gas tax, which has remained unchanged since it was bumped to 18.4 cents per gallon in 1993, might be the most politically palatable way to boost revenue in the short term, the report said, but over the long run, Americans should expect to pay for each mile they drive... Former secretary of transportation, Norman Y. Mineta, noted that 42 days after an eight-lane bridge collapsed into the Mississippi River in Minneapolis in 2007, a survey found that 53 percent of respondents opposed an emergency gas tax increase to pay for infrastructure repairs...(Photo by Doug Thron from krisweb: Heavy trucks traveling over wet logging roads pump fine sediment (mud) up from the roadbed to the surface, where it can wash into streams. )

* DC - Bill would provide tax credit for part of purchase of idle-technology

Washington,DC,USA -The Trucker News Services -8 Oct 2010: -- The energy act would allow tax credits ranging from $800 to $5,000 based partially on the percentage of the purchase price of an APU or other idle-reduction technology... A tax credit for half the purchase of idle-reduction technologies has been included in a bill introduced by Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., and Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine... If approved, the tax incentives are designed with a tiered approach that would help purchasers of the most efficient equipment receive more money...

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Sep 7, 2010

TAX POLICY * USA - Severance tax not just cash

Scranton,PA,USA -The Scranton Times Tribune -September 5, 2010: -- Roadside inspections conducted by state police between January and July found that 40 percent of the inspected trucks tied to the natural gas industry violated safety rules. The rate is about 17 percentage points higher than the national average for the trucking industry as a whole, according to the state Department of Environmental Protection... That should inform lawmakers about the structure of the extraction tax on Marcellus Shale natural gas that they have committed to enact by Oct. 1. It's not just about revenue, but important public policy...

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Jul 31, 2010

POLICIES * UK - DfT 'committed' to lorry road user charge

London,EN,UK -Road Transport, by Christopher Walton -27 July 2010: -- The Department for Transport (DfT) has confirmed it has a "commitment" to introduce a lorry road user charge during its current term and it will be the only scheme where businesses or motorists pay to use existing UK roads... Speaking at the first meeting (26 July) of the Transport Committee since the election Philip Hammond, secretary of state for transport, said: "The coalition government has ruled out the notion of national road user charging other than for HGVs, where we have a commitment for a lorry road user charge for existing road infrastructure"... However, he did say that there was the potential for new toll roads to be built in the UK, if they could justify a cost-benefit analysis, but he did say that there was a need to support investment in the UK's transport infrastructure...

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May 20, 2010

TAX POLICY * Australia - Industry will abandon B-doubles due to rego rise

Annual registration costs for the combination will hit $15,340 – $4,000 more than a double road train and almost $2,000 more than a triple road train

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Brisbane,QNLD,Australia -ATN, by Brad Gardner -May 19, 2010: -- The Bligh Government is being urged to review it support for higher truck registration fees after claims they could jeopardise road safety... Along with all jurisdictions, Queensland agreed to increase fees by 4.2 percent from July 1 this year due to a 10.7 percent rise in government expenditure on the road network... Toowoomba South MP, Mike Horan, says the increase will force trucking operators to stop using safe vehicle combinations such as B-doubles...

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May 14, 2010

TAX POLICY * USA - Kerry-Lieberman climate change bill would “tax” truck diesel, gasoline

The American Power Act

Arlington,VA,USA -Fleet Owner, by David Cullen -May 13, 2010: ... revealed yesterday by sponsors Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) and Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) is truly an omnibus climate change bill that, according to Sen. Kerry, “would transform our economy, set us on the path toward energy independence and improve the quality of the air we breathe” ... However, trucking’s lead lobbying group has already announced it cannot support the bill, saying it would impose a “hidden tax” on transportation... According to the ATA explained that in its view, the act’s cap-and-trade provisions would require refiners to purchase billions of dollars worth of carbon allowances that correspond to the carbon footprint of the fuels they sell. And this extra cost would be passed on to consumers in the form of higher fuel prices that would amount to a “hidden” multi-billion-dollar tax... What’s more, contended Graves, forthcoming federal regulations required under existing law will mandate vehicle modifications that, while increasing the cost of trucks, will improve fuel efficiency and further reduce carbon emissions... (Photo from media.nowpublic.net)

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Apr 28, 2010

TAX POLICY * Australia - VTA to have its say on port access charge

Canberra,Australia -ATN, by Samantha Freestone -April 27, 2010: -- The trucking industry will get a chance to argue its position on a proposed port access charge in Melbourne when it meets government officials next week... The Victorian Transport Association will hold a meeting with the Department of Transport on May 4 to get an understanding of the freight infrastructure charge to be introduced at the Port of Melbourne... If introduced, trucking operators will need to pay a fee to access the East or West Swanson dock container terminals from the beginning of the 2011-2012 financial year... The plan is to encourage operators to use the port in off-peak times to reduce traffic congestion. Revenue will be used for infrastructure upgrades, the Government says... A spokesman for Pallas says the government is intent on introducing the charge but will listen to what industry groups have to say... The Government last week began looking for companies to implement the charge... Workshops are due to be held in the coming weeks to update the industry on the structure and operation of the charge...

* Get stuffed, Victoria says, we're raising charges

Sydney,VIC,Australia -ATN, by Samantha Freestone -April 28, 2010: -- The Victorian Government will support a new wave of registration and fuel charges, ignoring claims trucking operators will be ripped off... A spokesman for Roads and Ports Minister, Tim Pallas, today confirmed the Government will agree to a 4.2 percent rise to registration charges and the fuel excise from July 1 proposed by the National Transport Commission (NTC)... The Victorian Transport Association (VTA) only yesterday wrote to Pallas asking him to reject the NTC’s proposal on the basis it will overcharge the industry by $776.3 million... VTA Chief Executive, Phil Lovell, yesterday urged Pallas not to support the charges, fearing what might happen if he did... Lovel also criticised the timing of the adjustment, which was announced last month. He says the industry needs to be given enough time to factor the costs into their operating budgets...

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Apr 24, 2010

TAX POLICY * Australia - Trucking Group Objects To Tax Increases

Proposed Increases 'Biased' Against Operators

Sydney,VIC,Australia –Handy Shipping Guide -23 April 2010: -- The Australian Trucking Association (ATA) has submitted a request to the National Transport Commission, the body that make recommendations to the Federal Australian government on transport policy, to not allow a general increase in the fuel tax and registration charges paid by trucking operators in 2010-11... The ATA is responding to an NTC consultation paper that argues that the road haulage industry’s fuel tax and registration charges should go up by 4.2 per cent in 2010-11... ATA Chief Executive, Stuart St Clair, said the ATA submission showed the existing level of charges would collect more than enough revenue to cover the cost of the industry’s use of the road system... Stuart added that the formula used by the NTC to calculate the adjustment had a statistical bias toward collecting too much money from the industry...

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Apr 23, 2010

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...

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Apr 22, 2010

TAX POLICY * USA - Sen. Kerry Knocks Down Fuel Tax Talk

One of three backers of pending climate bill says measure won’t tax fuels

Washington,DC,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by John D. Boyd -Apr 21, 2010: -- Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., said the bill that he and two other key senators are preparing to combat carbon-caused climate change will not include a tax increase on motor fuels or even a “linked fee” on oil, despite widespread reports they would propose one... That would be good news for the transportation sector, which was so alarmed that the climate bill would increase gasoline and diesel taxes that a broad industry coalition recently warned the senators against that course... The industry groups fear that if climate legislation tacks on a motor fuels tax hike or a new carbon-linked fee at earlier stages of oil and gas production, which the lawmakers were also reportedly considering, this would crowd out the possibility of raising the gas tax later to fund a new multi-year bill for surface transportation programs... The motor fuels tax feeds the Highway Trust Fund that disburses money to states for much of the nation’s road and bridge projects plus some intermodal facility construction...

* Trucking Group Opposes Vehicle Miles Tax - ATA says fuel taxes still best way to pay for highways, as interest in VMT grows

Arlington,VA,USA -The Journal of Commerce Onlinem by William B. Cassidy -Apr 21, 2010: -- A Vehicle Miles Traveled tax may be gaining mileage on Capitol Hill, but the nation’s truckers want an alternate route. Replacing the federal fuel tax with a VMT would be too costly, a top American Trucking Associations official said yesterday... Such a tax would be difficult to implement and to comply with, said Bob Pitcher, an ATA vice president... A recent poll suggests a majority of Americans agree. Sixty-one percent of those surveyed by HTNB, an infrastructure contractor, said the U.S. should not try to reduce transportation greenhouse gas emissions through a vehicle miles traveled tax... The idea of a VMT is surfacing more often as states and the federal government look for new ways to fund highway building and repair. Fuel tax revenues -- the main source of highway funding -- are forecast to decline as more fuel-efficient cars take the road... Congress hasn’t raised the federal tax on gasoline and diesel since 1993, but construction and materials costs have risen since then, making it more difficult for the federal government and states to stretch the tax money deposited in the Highway Trust Fund...

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Apr 17, 2010

Fuel Duty * UK - RHA calls for clarity on

London,UK -HGV UK -April 14, 2010: -- The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has called for greater clarity on the issue of road fuel duty from the major parties in the run-up to the general election... Said RHA chief executive Geoff Dunning, “UK diesel duty levels are by far the highest in Europe and result in British hauliers paying £12,000 or more per truck per year than many EU competitors. That gap is damaging our haulage industry, costing UK jobs, putting up costs for British business and increasing prices in the shops” ... “Labour promised to narrow the diesel duty gap a decade ago but has done nothing since abandoning the Lorry Road User Charging Project as unworkable in 2005, after spending almost £40 million in consultancy fees alone. Vague commitments from the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats to bring in an LRUC Mark 2 do not inspire confidence and will at best take years to introduce” ... “It is not good enough for the Opposition parties to focus solely on National Insurance contributions. Fuel duty is an important political issue for all road users and a vital one for the road haulage industry. Voters should have a clear idea where the major parties stand,” Dunning concluded...

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Mar 28, 2010

FUEL TAXES * UK - Hidden 1p/litre duty rise in budget

Policies specifically aimed at the road transport sector were few and far

London,UK -Road Transport, by Dominic Perry -24 March 2010: -- Policies specifically aimed at the road transport sector were few and far between in Wednesday's budget, save for the key issue of fuel duty increases... On fuel duty, Chancellor, Alistair Darling, said he was "staging" the proposed above-inflation rise scheduled for 1 April. This will now be a 1p rise in April, followed by another 1p in October and the balance of 1p in January 2011... The RHA says that the government has still not addressed the issue of foreign trucks and that the future for the UK haulage industry looks grim. Chief executive Geoff Dunning, says: "We are still paying the highest level of duty in Europe, we are still facing harsh competition from our European counterparts who contribute nothing to operate on UK roads and for many operators, there is still the prospect of imminent bankruptcy... We have been promised repeatedly that the Government will address the situation regarding foreign lorries, yet increasing fuel duty by even one penny just makes matters worse"... (Picture from roadtransport)

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Feb 24, 2010

TAX POLICY * USA - Washington's roads may see tolls if gas tax decline persists

State senate plugs transportation gaps as lawmakers pass supplemental budget

Olympia,WASH,USA -The News Tribune, by Michelle Dupler -23 Feb 2010: ... Gas tax revenue is down $168 million for the current biennium, which ends June 30, 2011. That means lawmakers must find other ways to raise money for roads... Eastern Washington drivers could see tolls on highways and bridges in coming years if state lawmakers can't find a way to pay for roads... While unveiling an $8.6 billion supplemental transportation budget Monday, legislators from the Senate Transportation Committee said declining gas tax income from more fuel-efficient vehicles and drivers conserving gas will short-change transportation projects about $1 billion over 16 years... The state relies on gas taxes for about 80 percent of the money spent on roads. The other 20 percent comes from other fees... One solution being considered is creation of a $100 license fee for electric cars... (Photo from University of Washington: 1942's, log truck passing over John Huelsdonk Bridge over the Hoh River, Jefferson County)

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TAX POLICY * Australia - CRRP consults trucking industry about road pricing

Canberra,Australia -Logistics -22 February 2010: -- The ATA and other road user groups have met with the COAG Reform Plan (CRRP) project board to discuss its progress on considering future taxes and charges for truck operators... According to the ATA, CRRP is looking at alternatives to the road user charge and high registration charges currently imposed on the industry... The CRRP is conducting a feasibility study of mass-distance-location pricing, which would involve fitting every truck with a GPS transponder linked back to a road pricing agency. Trucks would be charged on the basis of their weight, the distance they travel and the roads they use... The ATA says CRRP is also considering its proposed model of fuel based charging, which it claims would reduce registration charges to $400 per truck or trailer but increase the road user charge paid by operators through fuel taxes... CRRP is due to submit the final report on its feasibility study to governments in December 2011, with an initial assessment of high level options due by December 2010... (Picture from roadtransport/big-lorry-blog: On Aussie roads)

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Dec 7, 2009

TAX POLICYS * Canada - Feds pave way for HST vote, OTA says it’s long overdue

Ontario and B.C. harmonizing their sales taxes with the GST

Ottawa,ONT,CAN -Today's Trucking -4 Dec 2009: ... The federal government and the opposition parties have finally agreed on something. Members of Parliament supported a change to the Excise Tax Act. The vote paves the way for the federal government to introduce legislation as early as Friday, which is strongly supported by the Ontario Trucking Association... Appearing before the Ontario Legislature’s Standing Committee on Finance at Queen’s Park yesterday, OTA president, David Bradley, came out strongly in support of the provincial government’s proposed legislation... OTA is also supporting the HST legislation as part of the Smart Taxation Alliance, a non-partisan coalition of business groups...

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Nov 18, 2009

TAX POLICY * The Netherlands - Set to impose pay per mile

Amsterdam,The Netherland -The Green Car Website (UK) -17 Nov 2009: -- The Dutch government is set to be the first in Europe to replace annual road tax with a pay per mile system for motorists... The polluter pays approach to motoring taxation could help provide an incentive to drivers to cover fewer miles while ensuring a fairer reflection on car use... Proposals set before the Netherland’s cabinet on Friday would see a charge of 3 cents for every kilometre travelled introduced. The tax would be dependant on the installation of a GPS monitoring system and could prove a test case for other European countries to follow suit... The Dutch Ministry of Transport expects that the charge, to be introduced in 2012, will halve the number of traffic jams as well as reduce greenhouse gas emissions... Road tax and purchase tax on cars will be abolished, leading to a reduction in the cost of purchasing a new car by around 25 per cent... The cost per kilometre will depend on the size of the vehicle, initially cars will pay 3 cents, while trucks and vans will pay slightly more. Each year the base tariff will rise until 2018... (Photo from kleyn.com: Kleyn Trucks B.V.)

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