I now am in Frankfurt Germany.
There also are coming road blocks near the belgian border.
As I'm driving back home next friday< I'll have to watch the news closely.
No government except the French are releasing the tax preasure sofar....
Cheers,
Hans
currently driving a chiptuned extremely powerfull Volkswagen TDI (Red D Red
I) diesel
This car can wiped out many MG's it went over 210 KM/h on the autobahn and
still was not at the end....
-----Original Message-----
From: paul.hunt1@virgin.net [mailto:paul.hunt1@virgin.net]
Sent: maandag 11 september 2000 21:20
To: mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Why does oil cost so much in the UK? (non lbc)
Following the UK blockade of distribution centres, panic buying and
resultant shortages some garages have been reported as charging 11UKP
(eleven) a gallon! After the hottest September day for 39 years the V8 has
been leaking petrol out of the filler even though I filled up five days ago
and have done several (very) short trips since.
PaulH.
----- Original Message -----
From: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
To: <Duinhoven_Hans@emc.com>; <mgbob@juno.com>
Cc: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, September 08, 2000 7:38 PM
Subject: Re: Why does oil cost so much in the UK? (non lbc)
> Two reports in a week show the UK has the cheapest petrol in Europe -
before
> tax, and the dearest after, leaving no one in any doubt as to who is the
> perpetrator of this highway robbery (as if anyone was). Makes the 'dump
the
> pump' campaign a little unfair in targetting its one oil company, it's a
> failure anyway. One filling station in south Wales is now charging
> 99.9pence per litre.
>
> PaulH.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Duinhoven_Hans@emc.com>
> To: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>; <mgbob@juno.com>
> Cc: <mgs@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 9:52 PM
> Subject: RE: Why does oil cost so much in the UK? (non lbc)
>
>
> > Confused?
> > Here's the next episode of this soap: the European Commision has started
> an
> > investigation to the differences in the fuel prices within the EC BEFORE
> > TAXES.
> > The current situation looks like to Dutch have the highest price
> overthere.
> > Comes out UK still has the highest prices overall due to the extreme
> taxes.
> > Comes of course they can't shop abroad that easily as the guys on the
> > continent can do.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Hans -
> >
> > '71 BGT with license plates now!
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: paul.hunt1@virgin.net [mailto:paul.hunt1@virgin.net]
> > Sent: dinsdag 5 september 2000 21:14
> > To: Bob Howard
> > Cc: MGS Digest
> > Subject: Re: Why does oil cost so much in the UK? (non lbc)
> >
> >
> > Bob - sounds like it's from the same madhouse as UK VAT. Imagine the
> grower
> > of trees sold for wood-pulp. Now he has to pay VAT on everything he
buys
> to
> > grow, harvest and ship the trees to the pulper, he also charges VAT on
the
> > trunks he sells to the pulper. However as a business he can claim back
> all
> > the VAT he has paid, minus the VAT he has received. The pulper does
> exactly
> > the same in making rolls of paper that he sells to a paper-bag
> manufacturer.
> > And the paper-bag manufacturer does the same thing in selling his
products
> > to the wholesaler, and the wholesaler to the retailer. However the
> > retailer, who gives the paper bags away with the produce, can claim back
> all
> > the VAT he has paid, but since the bags are given away free no VAT is
> > charged to the consumer. So the VAT Man gets nothing, but everyone in
the
> > chain has to make all these calculations and submissions.
> >
> > PaulH.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>
> > To: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
> > Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 8:58 PM
> > Subject: Re: Why does oil cost so much in the UK? (non lbc)
> >
> >
> > > Paul,
> > > That the state tax is a separate tax is a good question, one for
which
> > > I do not know the answer. My business is in Connecticut, and I
prepare
> > > the sales/use tax return each quarter.
> > > The state's rules are very clear that one may not include the tax in
> > > the price, that it must always be calculated separately and then added
> > > in.
> > > To annoy one further, cable television providers are taxed by the
> > > Federal government. They show that tax on a line under their charges.
> > > Connecticut then applies its tax to the total of the service plus
> Federal
> > > tax.
> > > Were one to purchase goods out of this state, as in mail-order
> > > merchandise, one is required to calculate the tax due to Connecticut
at
> > > its six per cent rate, then subtract any tax paid to the other state,
> and
> > > remit the balance to Connecticut.
> > > One remembers the Beatles "Taxman."
> > > Bob
> > >
> > >
>
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