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Fuel excise rates reduced for fuel 6 months

A few days ago, the Australian Federal Government announced a temporary reduction in the excise rate for diesel and petrol fuels from 44.2 cents to 22.1 cents per litre from 30 March 2022 for a period of 6 months. These changes have now passed in to law and taken effect.
 
These measures are intended to ease cost of living pressures for households and businesses. For all Prism customers this will result in direct savings on the cost of fuel for the effective period. As strong supporters of the transport industries that keeps this country moving, the Prism team are glad to see our customers benefiting from these measures.
 
The effect of the changes on Fuel Tax Credits (FTC) is to reduce the FTC rate for Heavy Vehicles used on public roads to zero and to reduce the FTC rate for non-public road use to 22.1 cents per litre for the effective period. Prism has been updated with these rates and they will be reflected in reports delivered from April.

There are some interesting follow-on implications resulting from these changes. Firstly, the Road User Charge (RUC) has not been changed but during the effective period the excise charged will be less than the RUC, so on-road users are effectively gaining a 4.3 cents per litre reduction in RUC.
 
Second, since all FTC claims submitted during the effective period will comprise only the off-road and auxiliary use components, there is added emphasis on ensuring these are as accurate as possible. There are also more complex residual issues relating to time of fuel acquisition versus time of usage for fuel deliveries straddling the rate change date that may present challenges in some sectors.
 
Given the above, now is a good time to review your fuel usage, apportionment approach and configuration, purchasing arrangements and tax positions, including retrospectively. The Prism team are ready to assist with any technical requirements and our network of professional tax partners are available to help with all matters relating to FTC and other tax obligations.

More information on the budget’s fuel excise changes can be found here. 

As always, you can contact our team at support@nuonic.com.au for further information or assistance.

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