Fergus - while I realise that all government decisions must be carefully dealt with, it is the reluctance to tackle issues that enrage the ordinary citizen. The amount of money that is being lost to the exchequer, coupled with the environmental damage, the damage to motorists vehicles, and the fact that this is being driven by organised crime lords demands that comprehensive action must be taken regardless of the cost and difficulty. Legislation can be enacted to counter and punish severely any fraud by those claiming rebates in this proposed system. For example rebates to agriculture would be tied to turnover if not profit, with audit triggers if levels of rebate claims do not tally with required level of turnover. Abuse of this system would be met with prohibitive fines, and permanent exclusion from the rebate system. Home heating oil would also fall in to this category. The cash flow argument could in these technological days, be alleviated by a very swift rebate system.
Coupled with instant and permanent seizure of vehicles, plant and even forecourts convicted of illegal manufacture, transportation, or sale of such fuels, and the freeing up of some of those resources currently engaged in the endless cycle of tracing fuel laundering plants etc, not to mention the obvious benefits by reducing organised crime levels, make tackling this issue imperative. NOW
Noel Gallagher
Posted on 17 Nov 2011 10:13 am
Fergus - while I realise that all government decisions must be carefully dealt with, it is the reluctance to tackle issues that enrage the ordinary citizen. The amount of money that is being lost to the exchequer, coupled with the environmental damage, the damage to motorists vehicles, and the fact that this is being driven by organised crime lords demands that comprehensive action must be taken regardless of the cost and difficulty. Legislation can be enacted to counter and punish severely any fraud by those claiming rebates in this proposed system. For example rebates to agriculture would be tied to turnover if not profit, with audit triggers if levels of rebate claims do not tally with required level of turnover. Abuse of this system would be met with prohibitive fines, and permanent exclusion from the rebate system. Home heating oil would also fall in to this category. The cash flow argument could in these technological days, be alleviated by a very swift rebate system.
Coupled with instant and permanent seizure of vehicles, plant and even forecourts convicted of illegal manufacture, transportation, or sale of such fuels, and the freeing up of some of those resources currently engaged in the endless cycle of tracing fuel laundering plants etc, not to mention the obvious benefits by reducing organised crime levels, make tackling this issue imperative. NOW