PETROL TAX REBATES
FARMERS EXEMPT IN CERTAIN CASES
LOCAL BODIES’ POSITION
In reply to a question regarding the operation of the petrol tax, the Un-der-Secretarv of the Public Works Department (Mr. F. W. Furkert) informed a Dominion representative yesterday that there are no exemptions from the tax, but that a refund is granted in certain cases. For instance a refund is given to all vehicles using petrol which are “not” registered under the Motor Vehicles Act. “Wharf tractors” used by the harbour boards, not being registered, receive the refund.
Local body tractprs, utilised solely in road maintenance, are subject to the tax, but are also entitled to a refund. A county council’s lorry for carting metal will be exempt. In the case of power boards the lorries are not exempt, as these bodies are on a commercial undertaking,’ and they have to contribute to the tax. The farmer who uses petrol for driving his milking or shearing machinery, or for pumping water for his farm, is exempt. As the whole object of the tax is to obtain revenue for the maintenance of the roads, launches are not subject to the petrol tax.
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 87, 11 January 1928, Page 8
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192PETROL TAX REBATES Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 87, 11 January 1928, Page 8
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