Fuel tax credits - fuel blends

Rate changes from 1 July 2012

From 1 July 2012, fuel tax credit rates have changed. You may be affected by one or more of the following rate changes:

• an increase in the rate from 19.0715 cents per litre for taxable liquid fuels (for example, petrol, diesel or fuel oil) used in some off-road business activities
• a carbon charge which reduces rates for some fuel types and activities (excluding specified agriculture, fishing, forestry and road transport activities and non-combustible fuel use)
• a decrease in the rate for fuel used in heavy vehicles for travelling on public roads
• changes in the rates for gaseous fuels - these are liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), liquefied natural gas (LNG) and compressed natural gas (CNG)
• changes in the rates for some blended liquid fuels.

Note: Ethanol and biodiesel are exempt from the carbon charge as they have no effective fuel tax and are not fossil fuels.

For more information about these changes, refer to Fuel tax credits - changes from 1 July 2012.