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What’s in your Tank?

There has been a wholesale review of what types of vehicles are entitled to use rebated fuel.

An example of this is the sweeping away of the road construction exemption and replacing it with an altogether more restrictive regime. If you are running road-going vehicles on red diesel, now would be a very good time to review the legality of what you are doing.

Illegal use of red diesel carries a nasty payload of consequences, including impounding of vehicles, assessments for back duty (that can be very considerable) as well as prosecution. I have recently been dealing with cases where farmers have been caught out when using their agricultural tractors for non-agricultural work. HMRC appear to be targeting agricultural tractors and dipping tanks with considerable enthusiasm.

For advice relating to the above issues please contact John Dyne.