The Value Added Tax (Flat-rate Valuation of Supplies of Fuel for Private Use) Order 2013

Value Added Tax (“VAT”) is payable if road fuel acquired by a business is used for private motoring. Council Decision 659/2006/EC of 25th September 2006 (O.J. No. L 272. 3.10.2006, p.15) authorises the United Kingdom to fix, on a flat-rate basis, the proportion of VAT that relates to expenditure on fuel incurred by a business which is used for private purposes. That proportion is required to be expressed in fixed amounts and is to be established on the basis of the CO2 emissions level of the type of vehicle to reflect fuel consumption. The amounts must be adjusted annually to reflect changes in the average cost of fuel.