petition to exempt air abulance from fuel duty

[timf]

May I bring to your attention a petition to encourage the Government to exempt Air Ambulance services from duty on the fuel they use, in the same way as the Lifeboats (RNLI) are exempt.

If we gain 100,000 signatures, Parliament is duty bound to debate the issue.

Thank you for your support for this magnificent volunteer funded service.

Please pass on to all of your UK friends.

http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/29349

[theaxe]

http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/29349. Fixed the link.

[davepoth]

Signed. I think it's supposed to be spelt Ambiwlans though...

[OdramaSwimLaden]

It's not duty, it's VAT.

Signed.

[Streps]

Signed.
I think it's one of the better e-petitions.

[normalbloke]

Aren't the operators ( ie Bond etc,etc) already VAT registered. Surely the client ( the Air Ambulance Charity) only pay an hourly contract rate, and therefore don't actually buy the fuel. Could be an interesting can of worms....

[Jasandjules]

Signed.

And will attempt to get others to sign as well

[-Pete-]

Done, good cause...

[nelly1]

Done, and Facebooked for added publicity

[roachcoach]

Done & done.

[munky]

Eh?? Doesn't it use JET-A1 fuel, which has no duty or VAT anyway? (I think.. I may be out of date).

Edited by munky on Thursday 15th March 14:36

[UnderTheRadar]

timf said:

May I bring to your attention a petition to encourage the Government to exempt Air Ambulance services from duty on the fuel they use, in the same way as the Lifeboats (RNLI) are exempt.

If we gain 100,000 signatures, Parliament is duty bound to debate the issue.

Thank you for your support for this magnificent volunteer funded service.

Please pass on to all of your UK friends.

http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/29349

Their web site says if the signatures reaches 100,000 then it "could be debated" - not duty bound. Signed anyway.

[ninja-lewis]

normalbloke said:

Aren't the operators ( ie Bond etc,etc) already VAT registered. Surely the client ( the Air Ambulance Charity) only pay an hourly contract rate, and therefore don't actually buy the fuel. Could be an interesting can of worms....

Apparently at least one of the AA charities own their helicopters directly.

[munky]

munky said:

Eh?? Doesn't it use JET-A1 fuel, which has no duty or VAT anyway? (I think.. I may be out of date).

to update my own post, it seems fuel duty is indeed nil for non-pleasure use, and as a charity an air ambulance would pay the lower VAT rate of 5%. Which isn't zero. So the petition isn't pointless as I first thought.

[normalbloke]

ninja-lewis said:

Apparently at least one of the AA charities own their helicopters directly.

Quite possibly.But that (if true) would be a minority.
What about the dual role machines such as Wiltshire Constab?

[gog440]

Signed and posted to facebook

even if it is only 5% VAT it is 5%less they need to raise to keep them running.