CHAPTER 3
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FUEL TAX CREDITS
PART 3-1
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BASIC RULES
Division 40
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Object of this Chapter
Subdivision 40-A
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Object of this Chapter
SECTION 40-5
OBJECT OF THIS CHAPTER
40-5(1)
The object of this Chapter is to provide a single system of fuel tax credits to ensure that, generally, fuel tax is effectively only applied to:
(a)
fuel used in private vehicles and for certain other private purposes; an
(b)
fuel used on-road in light vehicles for business purposes.
40-5(2)
To do this, a fuel tax credit is provided to reduce or reduce the incidence of fuel tax applied to:
(a)
fuel used in *carrying on your *enterprise (other than fuel used on-road in light vehicles); and
(b)
fuel used for domestic heating and domestic electricity generation; and
(c)
fuel packaged for use other than in an internal combustion engine; and
(d)
fuel supplied into certain kinds of tanks.
Note:
However, other provisions of this Act might affect your entitlement to a fuel tax credit.
History
S 40-5(2) amended by No 83 of 2014, s 3 and Sch 1 item 109, by inserting
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or remove
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after
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reduce
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, applicable to taxable fuel acquired, manufactured or imported on or after 1 July 2014.
S 40-5(2) amended by No 157 of 2011, s 3 and Sch 1 item 2, by substituting
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reduce
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for
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remove or reduce
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, applicable to fuel acquired, manufactured or imported on or after 1 July 2012.
S 40-5(2) amended by No 68 of 2011, s 3 and Sch 1 item 16, by inserting para (d), effective 1 December 2011.
40-5(3)
(Repealed by No 83 of 2014)
History
S 40-5(3) repealed by No 83 of 2014, s 3 and Sch 1 item 110, applicable to taxable fuel acquired, manufactured or imported on or after 1 July 2014. S 40-5(3) formerly read:
40-5(3)
For fuel that is not *covered by the Opt-in Scheme, your fuel tax credit entitlement is (with some exceptions) reduced by an amount equivalent to what the carbon price on the fuel emissions would be (if those emissions were subject to a carbon price). For fuel that is covered by that Scheme, your entitlement is not so reduced.
S 40-5(3) inserted by No 157 of 2011, s 3 and Sch 1 item 3, applicable to fuel acquired, manufactured or imported on or after 1 July 2012.
40-5(4)
(Repealed by No 83 of 2014)
History
S 40-5(4) repealed by No 83 of 2014, s 3 and Sch 1 item 110, applicable to taxable fuel acquired, manufactured or imported on or after 1 July 2014. S 40-5(4) formerly read:
40-5(4)
Fuel tax credits are also provided for fuel for use in aircraft if the fuel is *covered by the Opt-in Scheme. The amount of the credit is limited to the carbon component rate that was factored into the rate of fuel tax.
S 40-5(4) inserted by No 157 of 2011, s 3 and Sch 1 item 3, applicable to fuel acquired, manufactured or imported on or after 1 July 2012.