OUTA calls for delay in fuel levies increase amid oil price spike

The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) has called on government to delay the increase in fuel levies set to take place on the 1st of next month.
This follows new data from the Central Energy Fund which suggests motorists may see one of the largest monthly fuel increases in the country’s history due to the conflict in the Middle East.
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana last month announced that the general levy for petrol will increase by 9 cents a litre and 8 cents a litre for diesel.

Alarms of an R8/litre increase in the price of petrol are over exaggerated at the current price of Brent crude (US$92 barrel), which is some 50% up on last months average. The Basic Fuel Price (BFP), component (which is impacted by Brent Crude price and ZAR:US$ exchange rate) is…
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The carbon fuel levy is set to increase by 5 cents a litre for petrol and 6 cents a litre for diesel, and the Road Accident Fund levy is expected to go up by 7 cents a litre. 
OUTA’s Executive Director for the accountability division, Advocate Stephanie Fick says, “There is a call for that 20-cents – for government to think about holding that increase back slightly. The taxes and the levies make up 57% of the petrol price. Now, although that will remain stagnant and it is around R11,85 – isn’t it time for government, because they have control over it, to maybe consider not increasing the levies for now – let’s see what is happening with the war and in that way give a little bit of relief to motorists.” 

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