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May 16, 2016

MILEAGE TAX * Europe: TRUCKING OPPOSITION

* Belgian mileage tax: FEBETRA study the trail of compensation 

--- After starting the beginning of April 2016, the Belgian mileage tax continues to talk about her. Indeed, the professional organization, Febetra (Koninklijke Federatie van Belgische Transporteurs en Logistieke Dienstverleners) studying the possibility of compensation for additional costs incurred by its members... The entry into force of the Belgian mileage tax on 1 April 2016, never fails to make headlines. "Carriers who anticipated by equipping board units (OBU) have faced a series of problems including a customer service unreachable on April 1", explains Isabelle Maegt, spokesman for the Royal Federation of Transport and Logistics Service Providers (Febetra)... Other complaints listed by the professional organization "additional administrative tasks for leaders and the stress induced by the risk of a fine of € 1,000 if the vehicles of 3.5 t are not equipped with the opinion. Some carriers, a real test would have measured all the technical malfunctions and adjust device" says Isabelle Maegt... The contours of compensation to the study.. While the consortium Satellic recognized technical failures, but the suspension system is not in the agenda. Billing should have been launched April 15, 2016... In fact, it has been established with a delay of 10 days, is 25 April 2016. For now, the Febetra contacted all ministerial offices concerned to defend the interests of its members. "We are looking with lawyers the contours of a possible compensation for additional costs incurred by the carriers", summarizes Isabelle Maegt... 
(Photo from Viapass - The first invoice was established with a delay of 10 days or 25 April 2016) --  Brussels, Belgium - WK Transport et Logistique - 4 May 2016

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Apr 4, 2016

MILEAGE TAX * Belgium: May impact shipping

* Brussels - The competitiveness of Belgian ports probation


-- The introduction of the Belgian mileage tax for road transport over 3.5 tonnes on 1 April 2016 may impact shipping... All the steps taken in recent months to draw the attention of the Belgian authorities, either to cancel or to postpone the introduction of the kilometer tax for road transport were unsuccessful. Port authorities fear a loss of competitiveness... This is at least what authorities fear the ports of Anvers, Ghent and Zeebrugge... In the North, the Netherlands are in no hurry to announce the date on which they adopt the kilometer tax, a situation Rotterdam and other Dutch ports will try to exploit. In the South, in France, this type of tax collection is more the order of the day. Le Havre and Dunkirk do not hesitate to encourage French shippers and receivers to reconsider their strategy both on imports and the export Belgian ports becoming more expensive...
Brussels, Belgium - WK Transport et Logistique - 30 March 2016

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Apr 3, 2016

MILEAGE TAX * Belgium & France: "Complete chaos"

* Brussels & Paris - The entry into force of the Belgian mileage tax is going wrong

-- Professional organizations of Belgian carriers (Febetra) and French (FNTR) denounce the many dysfunctions that dot the implementation on 1 April 2016, the tax on heavy trucks in Belgium. "Complete chaos', thus Febetra qualifies the entry into force, 1 April 2016, the odometer HGV tax in the three Belgian regions (Brussels, Flanders, Wallonia). Some road carriers also set up roadblocks in protest , telling our colleagues at RTL Belgium. The Royal Belgian Federation of Transport and logistics providers told observe a series of malfunctions. Thus the On Board Unit (OBU). Devices "that were ordered well in time are still not delivered, many are faulty, the call center which should give instructions in case of problems is unreachable, different service points are either off or there no OBU available, "she list, "A start completely missed" ... His French colleague, FNTR, did not wait for April 1, 2016 to advance its own solution. In a statement on the March 31, the federation demanded a postponement of the launch of the Belgian tax. Like it believes its Dutch and Spanish counterparts. And FNTR encrypt more than 3,000 French cars - about 10,000 involved - the number of those who have been able to build a housing or in possession of faulty units. "Failure obvious to the operator" ... A message that the coordinator and manager of the Belgian system, Viapass, seems not to have heard if we are to believe its news release dated April 1. It confirms, in fact, that checks will begin the same day...
 (Photo from Satellic - "The French carriers do not have to suffer the obvious shortcomings of the operator in the management of this system and in particular the absence of test period" advance FNTR) Paris, France & Brussels, Belgium - WK Transport & Logistique - 1 April 2016

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Mar 28, 2009

VMT or not VMT? * USA - Paying by the Mile

The vehicle mileage tax gains traction as a funding mechanism for the Highway Trust Fund

Washington,DC,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by R.G. Edmonson -Mar 19, 2009: -- A federal commission wants policymakers and Congress to ponder as they search for ways to pay for maintaining and improving transportation infrastructure in the first third of the 21st century... Before making the switch to the VMT system, it would be better to see how well the highway fund would fare with an increase in the fuel tax, and making sure trust fund money isn’t raided for other purposes, Clayton Boyce, spokesman for the American Trucking Associations, said... Drivers currently pay 18.3 cents per gallon on gasoline and 23.4 cents on diesel fuel. The tax rate hasn’t changed since 1993, but Robert D. Atkinson, chairman of the National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission said, inflation has effectively eroded one-third of revenue. The funding gap has the trust fund on the brink of insolvency. Last September, Congress approved an $8 billion capital infusion from general revenue to keep the fund afloat, but officials said it was only a temporary fix... A VMT rate of 0.9 cents per mile would generate the same amount of revenue as the current fuel tax, Atkinson said. The commission is recommending a rate of 2.3 cents per mile to keep the trust fund healthy and provide all that’s needed to maintain the system...


* Truckers’ Slow Lane to Taxes

Washington,DC,USA -The Journal of Commerce Magazine, by R.G. Edmonson -Mar 16, 2009: -- ... Craig R. Lentzsch, vice chairman of the American Bus Association, and a member of the National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission, believes taxes on diesel fuel, truck tires, trailer sales taxes and heavy vehicle taxes are a more reliable short-term source of revenue for the Highway Trust Fund... Fuel tax revenue is expected to decline because of improvements in fuel economy by electric and hybrid passenger vehicles. Truck engine technology will not make the same quantum leaps... Improved fuel economy, coupled with the fact the current federal gas tax has remained stagnant for more than a decade, has taken a toll on federal revenue for road and transit construction and maintenance. The Highway Trust Fund would have run dry last September if not for an $8 billion transfer by Congress to keep it in the black... Congress charged Lentzch’s commission with recommending ways to raise money to maintain and improve highway and transit infrastructure. The commission’s consensus was the U.S. should look at the VMT as an alternative to fuel taxes and see it as the long-term solution to maintaining the Highway Trust Fund... Leslie Blakey, executive director of the Coalition for America’s Gateways and Trade Corridors, said Congress should establish a discrete freight trust fund to provide money for projects using the same criteria as the projects of national or regional significance in the current highway-funding law... Blakey said a new freight user fee should make up most of the funding for the program. The fee should not skew the marketplace in favor of one mode or another, and freight users should see it as value-added...

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