Increase in duty tax on Red Diesel
Published Friday 19 February, 2021
The Government announced at Budget 2020 that there would be some changes to which sectors are legally entitled to use red diesel and benefit from it’s low duty rate. Red diesel is a low-tax fuel that is most commonly used in the agricultural, construction, energy & power and ports & marine sectors. It is manufactured for use in off-road vehicles, machinery and generators.
From 1st April 2022, the new legislation will enable agriculture (as well as forestry, horticulture and pisciculture), rail and for non-commercial heating (including domestic heating) sectors to continue to use red diesel, but all other sectors not named will no longer be permitted to use red diesel [1]. Therefore, for those sectors they will have to switch to the use of standard road diesel and these sectors will see an increase in their total fuel bill through the increase of 46.81 pence per litre.
Businesses who currently use red diesel will have to review their product supply and infrastructure. Our Fuel Services division provides a range of services that will help our customers make any product transitions including tank cleaning and fuel sampling analysis. To find out further information on our fuel services, please click here.
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