http://www.ato.gov.au/businesses/con...tm&page=12&H12 shows the current Gasoline
For use as aircraft fuel
rate as $0.02854 per litre.
The 2002 Fuel Tax Inquiry report
http://fueltaxinquiry.treasury.gov.a...rt/default.asp in Feb 2002
Aviation gasoline (Avgas) and aviation turbine fuel (Avtur) are excised at 2.808 and 2.845 cents per litre respectively.
Casa's proposed 8%
phased reduction in the excise
starting in
2008 would reduce the excise to around 2.62c/litre, resulting in an astounding saving of around 13c/hour in fuel for most GA.
Excises, levies, duties, GST, imposts et all... they're all just different names for taxation